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WEEK 3: Memory Flashcards

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1
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what type of memory/ register is the split-second representation of a perceived stimulus.

  1. Sensory register
  2. short term memory
  3. long term memory
A

Sensory register

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Short-term memory (STM)—stores a small amount of information for how long?

  1. 10-20 seconds
  2. 20–30 seconds.
  3. 1 - 2 minutes
  4. 40 - 50 seconds
A

20-30 seconds

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What is it called where large amounts of important information may be stored for a lifetime?

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Long term memory

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What is the name of the process by which we take something we have observed and convert it into a form we can store, retrieve and use.

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Memory

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Psychologists refer to short-term memory as what?

  1. working memory
  2. memory sensory
  3. long term memory
  4. memory phenomenon
A

Working memory

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Who suggested that working memory is comprised of three major systems?

  1. Pavlow
  2. Sigmund Freud
  3. Baddeley and Hitch
  4. Maslow
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Baddeley and Hitch (1974)

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What controls the flow and processing of information?

  1. Visual memory store
  2. Verbal memory store
  3. Central executive
A

Central executive

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Visual memory store

  1. involves storage of verbal items
  2. controls the flow and processing of information
  3. a temporary image that stores information about the location and nature of objects.
A

A temporary image that stores information about the location and nature of objects.

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What involves storage of verbal items?

  1. Visual memory store
  2. Verbal memory store
  3. Central executive
A

Verbal memory store

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People make memory errors for a variety of reasons ( turn card to see…

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Memory is affected by emotional factors and attention.
Recall can be manipulated by leading questions.
Memory can fade with disuse.
Old and new memories can conflict.
Forgetting can avoid painful memories.

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What type of memory is the ‘how-to’ knowledge of procedures and skills?

  1. procedural memory
  2. declarative memory
  3. memory for facts and events
  4. Short term memory
A

Procedural memory

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what is the memory for facts and events?

  1. Short term memory
  2. Procedural memory
  3. Declarative memory
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Declarative memory

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What are the two types of memory retrieval?

I…… % E…….

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Implicit and explicit

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What type of memory is basically subconscious memory that is expressed in behaviour?

  1. Implicit
  2. Explicit
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Implicit

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What type of memory is that which can be recalled consciously?

  1. Implicit
  2. Explicit
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Explicit

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What is the process of acquiring information and entering it into memory?

  1. Visual memory
  2. Auditory
  3. retrieval
  4. Encoding
A

Encoding

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What is the mental representations of information as a sequence of sounds?

  1. Visual memory
  2. Auditory (acoustic) memory
  3. verbal memory
  4. Sound memory
A

Auditory (acoustic memory)

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What is the process of maintaining information in memory over time?

  1. retrieval
  2. Sematic memory
  3. Storage
  4. Sematic memory
A

Storage

19
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What is the process of recalling information stored in memory

  1. retrieval
  2. Sematic memory
  3. Storage
  4. Sematic memory
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Retrieval

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Memory of an event that happened while one was present

  1. Episodic memory
  2. Sematic memory
  3. Storage
  4. Sematic memory
A

Episodic memory

21
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A type of memory containing generalised knowledge of the world

  1. Episodic memory
  2. Sematic memory
  3. Storage
  4. Sematic memory
A

Semantic memory

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The view that how well
something is remembered depends on the degree to which incoming information is mentally processed

  1. elaborative rehearsal
  2. levels-of-processing model of memory
  3. maintenance rehearsal
A

Levels-of-processing model of memory

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Repeating information over and over to keep it active in short-term memory

  1. elaborative rehearsal
  2. levels-of-processing model of memory
  3. maintenance rehearsal
A

Maintenance rehearsal

24
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a memorisation method that involves thinking about how new information relates to information already stored in long-term memory

  1. elaborative rehearsal
  2. levels-of-processing model of memory
  3. maintenance rehearsal
A

Elaborative rehearsal

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