Week 5: Memory

Question 1

What is memory?

Answer 1

The process of encoding, storing, and retrieving information.

Question 2

What are the three main stages of memory?

Answer 2

Encoding, storage, and retrieval.

Question 3

What is encoding?

Answer 3

The process of converting information into a form that can be stored in memory.

Question 4

What is storage in the context of memory?

Answer 4

The retention of encoded information over time.

Question 5

What is retrieval?

Answer 5

The process of accessing stored information.

Question 6

What is sensory memory?

Answer 6

The brief storage of sensory information, lasting only a few seconds.

Question 7

What is short-term memory (STM)?

Answer 7

The memory system that temporarily holds a limited amount of information, typically for 15-30 seconds.

Question 8

What is long-term memory (LTM)?

Answer 8

The memory system responsible for the storage of information over extended periods.

Question 9

What is the capacity of short-term memory?

Answer 9

Typically 5-9 items.

Question 10

What is chunking?

Answer 10

Grouping pieces of information together to improve memory capacity in short-term memory.

Question 11

What is working memory?

Answer 11

A type of short-term memory involved in actively processing and manipulating information.

Question 12

Q: What is the difference between explicit and implicit memory?

Answer 12

Explicit memory requires conscious recall, while implicit memory does not.

Question 13

What is episodic memory?

Answer 13

A type of explicit memory involving personal experiences and specific events.

Question 14

What is semantic memory?

Answer 14

A type of explicit memory that involves general knowledge and facts.

Question 15

What is procedural memory?

Answer 15

A type of implicit memory that involves motor skills and actions.

Question 16

What is the serial position effect?

Answer 16

The tendency to recall the first and last items in a list better than the middle items.

Question 17

What is the role of the hippocampus in memory?

Answer 17

The hippocampus is crucial for forming new long-term memories.

Question 18

What is the primacy effect?

Answer 18

The tendency to remember items at the beginning of a list.

Question 19

What is the recency effect?

Answer 19

The tendency to remember items at the end of a list.

Question 20

What is retrieval cue?

Answer 20

A stimulus that helps access information in memory.

Question 21

What is context-dependent memory?

Answer 21

The improved recall of information when the context present during encoding is also present during retrieval.

Question 22

What is state-dependent memory?

Answer 22

The tendency to recall information better when in the same mental or physical state as during encoding.

Question 23

What is forgetting?

Answer 23

The inability to retrieve information that was previously stored in memory.

Question 24

What is the decay theory of forgetting?

Answer 24

The idea that memory fades over time if it is not used.

Question 25

What is interference in memory?

Answer 25

When information in memory disrupts the recall of other information.