Unit 7 (Memory)

Question 1

______ is any indication that learning has persisted over time. It is our ability to store and retrieve info

Answer 1

Memory

Question 2

Most people don’t have any memories of their first four years of life. This is known as _________ _______ (*)

Answer 2

Infantile Amnesia

Question 3

A very important and emotional memory (ex: where you were when COVID shut down schools) may make a very meaningful and strong memory known as a ________ ______ (*)

Answer 3

Flashbuld memory

Question 4

What are the 3 stages of memory in order (FACT) (**)

Answer 4

Encoding, Storage, Retrieval

Question 5

What is the order of the Multi-store Model of Memory (Think paying attention and Repetition) (*******) (THEORY)

Answer 5

Sensory Memory, Short term memory, Long term memory

Question 6

What are the 2 problems with the Multi-store Model of Memory

Answer 6

1. Some info skips sensory/short term memory and enters long term
2. Nature of short term memory is more complex

Question 7

What is the order of the Working Memory Model (THEORY) (***)

Answer 7

Sensory Memory, Working Memory, Long Term Memory (you live in Working Memory)

Question 8

In the working model of memory YOU are known as the ______ _______ because you choose what to focus on (*)

Answer 8

Central Executive

Question 9

You repeat info you’ve heard, called the _________ ______ to help you remember it (*) (fancy name for repetition

Answer 9

Phonological Loop

Question 10

You also use the _________ ______ to remember where objects are in space (*) (think Cognitive Map)

Answer 10

Visuospatial Sketchpad

Question 11

Memory that happens without effort is known as ______ ______

Answer 11

Automatic Processing

Question 12

Memory that involves putting effort towards learning is known as ______ _____

Answer 12

Effortful Processing

Question 13

When you repeat something over and over it’s called ________ ________ (**)

Answer 13

Maintenance Rehearsal

Question 14

When you repeat information but try to connect it to a deeper meaning at the same time it’s known as _______ _______ (**)

Answer 14

Elaborative Rehearsal

Question 15

What is Semantic Memory
(EX: knowing what a chair is)

Answer 15

A memory based on a definition

Question 16

What is Procedural Memory
(EX: tying shoes)

Answer 16

A memory based on the order that it takes to complete a task

Question 17

What is Episodic Memory
(EX: Remembering your dinner)

Answer 17

Remembering an exact event (Flasbulbs are a type of this memory)

Question 18

When you remember events from your life we call that __________ _____

Answer 18

Autobiographical Memory

Question 19

The ______ ______ is the fact that we remember more when we study in small bursts rather than all at once (*)

Answer 19

Spacing Effect

Question 20

When you try to cram all at once it’s called _____ _____

Answer 20

Massed Practice

Question 21

When you try to study a little at a time, it’s called _____ ____

Answer 21

Distributed Practice

Question 22

The ______ _______ _______ is the fact that we remember information most at the beginning and the end of a list (*******)

Answer 22

Serial Position Effect

Question 23

When you remember the first few items in a list it’s called ________ ______

Answer 23

Primacy Effect

Question 24

When you remember the last few items in a list it’s called ______ ______

Answer 24

Recency Effect

Question 25

The ______ ______ says that if you quiz yourself on things to be remembered (Flashcards), you will remember it better

Answer 25

Testing Effect

Question 26

The _____ __ ______ _________ of memory says that there are three levels that you can memorize something. The higher the level, the more likely you will keep the memory

Answer 26

Levels of Processing Model

Question 27

What is the first level of the Levels of Processing Model and how do you remember in this stage

Answer 27

-Structural Processing
-How a word is spelled/how it looks

Question 28

What is the second level of the Levels of Processing Model and how do you remember in this stage

Answer 28

-Phonemic Processing
-By a way a word sounds

Question 29

What is the third level of the Levels of Processing Model and how do you remember in this stage

Answer 29

-Sematic Processing
-Remembering a word by Definition