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Topic 6: Memory Flashcards

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Define memory

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process of how we take something observed and convert it into a form we can store, retrieve, use

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Process of memory

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encoding - storage - retrieval

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What is a memory?

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MENTAL REPRESENTATION for something to be remembered = mental model of information

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Sensory representation

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5 senses eg visual image of a dog

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Verbal representation

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words, info, spelling, concepts, language eg info stored in words - concept of freedom

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Motoric representation

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memories of motor actions eg riding a bike

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Information processing model of memory (standard)

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stimulus - sensory register - short-term memory (STM) (rehearsal/retrievel) - long term memory (LTM) (retrieval)

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Sensory registers/memory

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Hold info about a perceived stimulus for a fraction of a second AFTER stimulus disappears

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Sensory registers/memory - iconic storage

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momentary storage VISUAL info

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Sensory registers/memory - echoic storage

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momentary storage AUDITORY info

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Short-term memory (STM)

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info from sensory reigsters that is ATTENDED to moves into STM (not all info attended to)

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What is the capacity/duration of STM?

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Capacity - small amount of info, ~7 items

Duration - short time, ~20-30 seconds

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What happens if STM is rehearsed?

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Info maintained in STM for longer

maintenance rehearsal + elaborative rehearsal - deep vs superficial learning

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Long-term memory (LTM)

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representations of facts, images, actions and skills - persists over a lifetime

works closely with working memory

contains info about our memory for experiences/info accumulated

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What is the capacity/duration of LTM?

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duration - potentially limitless

capacity - theoretically limitless

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LTM MODEL

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TYPE of knowledge - procedural memory + declarative memory (generic/semantic - general knowledge) & (episodic - specific events)

WAY knowledge is EXPRESSED - implicit memory + explicit memory (recall) & (recognition)

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Types of explicit memory

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Recall - conscious recollection of info from LTM

Recognition - identification of something previously seen/learned

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Types of implicit memory

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Priming - previous experience changes response without conscious awareness

Classical conditioning - associating response ith a stimulus

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LTM Model (picture)

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Evolution of memory model

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Memory no longer thought of as serial processing modelling

Comprise number of modules

Interdependent (parallel processing) - not always conscious or retroactive

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Working memory (WM)

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Temporary storage & processing of info

  • solve problems, repsond to environment, achieve goals
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What is Badderley and Hitch’s 3 memory systems?

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  1. visual memory store
  2. verbal memory store
  3. central executive
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What comprises the visual memory store? (memory systems)

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VISUOSPATIAL SKETCHPAD - temp image (20-30 sec), stores info about location/nature of objects

what and where

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What comprises the verbal memory store? (memory systems)

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PHONOLOGICAL LOOP - storage verbal items (STM), limited capacity

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What comprises the central executive? (memory systems)

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controls flow and processing of info, limited capacity

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Multi-component model of WM

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Everyday memory

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As it occurs in everyday life

functional memory

remembering info that is meaningful

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Function of memory and intent as learnt infor (WM)

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emotional significance of memory

prospective aspect of memory (future)

retrospective aspects of memroy (past)

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What is prospective memory? (WM)

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memory for future tasks, remembering to remember, what/when to remember

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Encoding in LTM

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Encoded = info cast into representational form (converted to be easily accessed)

Type/level of encoding influences accessibility of info

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Levels of processing info in LTM

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shallow processing - physical characteristics of stimulus

deep processing - meaning of stimulus

Eg. word understanding
structural - word (letters/length)
phonetic - what does it sound like/rhyme with
semantic processing - meaning, use in sentence

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What is the encoding specificity principle?

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ease of retrieval depends on match between way info was encoded and how it’s later retrieved

poor recall = shallow learning using deep processing technique

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Why is context important with retrieval of info/memory?

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context of encode/retrieval of info can affect case of retrieval

same context+emotional state gives retrieval cues = recollection

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What is context dependent memory?

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Info easier to recall when encoded/retrieved in same CONTEXT

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What is mood (state) congruent memory?

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info easier to recall when encoded/retrieved in same EMOTIONAL state

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What is the spacing effect?

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superiority of memory for info rehearsed over longer intervals

cramming doesn’t work long-term (1+ days)

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What is representaional modes (LTM)?

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^ number of different modes = ^ remembering (visual, auditory, motoric)

> meaning > depth

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How to remember better/more

Mnemonic devices

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encode long series of facts by associating them with familiar/previously encoded info

new info to existing info

follow worn neural trail

‘network of association’

39
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How to remember more/better

Networks of association

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memory built through association/pathway which is can be recalled

40
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How to remember more/better

How to LTM organised in ‘network of association’?

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organised in clusters of info related in meaning

each piece of info along a network = node

interconnected / some stronger than others

mnemonic devices allow addition of concepts to existing networks

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What do nodes contain? (networks of association)

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thoughts, images, smells, emotions, other info

spreading activation - activate one node, activate another, need not be spoken
Eg; link between tide/surf and laundry detergent

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How to remember more/better

What are schemas?

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patterns of thought, organised knowledge structures, predict evironment

mental shortcut

match new info against existing schemas in memory

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How do schemas affect the way we remember?

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  1. influence way info is encoded (same/different from expectation)
  2. shape way info is restructured/changed
44
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Memory fails

7 sins of memory

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  1. transcience - memories fade with time
  2. absent-mindedness - need to pay attention to remember
  3. misattribution - misremembering source of a memory
  4. suggestibility - thinking we remember
  5. bias - distortions in recall
  6. persistence - recurring memories
  7. forgetting - inability to remember
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Memory fails

what is forgetting?

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inability to recall previously learned info

46
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Memory fails

Accuracy of LTM and flashback memory

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flashback memory = vivid memory of existing/significant events

memory subject to error/bias

can be primed with cues

altered by emotional factors

recall can be manipulated by leading questions

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Theories of forgetting

Decay theory

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result of fading neural trace and weakened with disuse

48
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Theories of forgetting

Interference Theory

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intrusion of similar memories on each other - conflict between new/old

proactive interference = old memories interfere with retrieval of new info

retroactive interference = new info interefered with retrieval of old info

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Theories of forgetting

Motivated forgetting

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forgetting for a reason

implies forgetting can avoid/block painful memories (Freudian/psychodynamic unconscious)

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Theories of forgetting

Disordered memory: amnesia

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Retrograde amnesia = inability to remember OLD memories, associated with stroke, tumour, TBI

Anterograde amnesia = inability to retain NEW memories, can retrieve old ones/not form new ones, associated with Alzheimers

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