Week 7 - Long Term Memory

Question 1

Coding

Answer 1

Form in which info is represented

Question 2

Encoding

Answer 2

Process to get info into LTM

Question 3

Maintenance rehearsal vs…

Answer 3

Elaborate rehearsal

Question 4

Levels of processing theory

Answer 4

Memory depends on the depth of processing

Question 5

Shallow processing vs…

Answer 5

Deep processing

Question 6

Paired associate learning

Answer 6

Participants who created images to recall matching words remembered more

Question 7

Self reference effect

Answer 7

Things are easier to remember when you relate them to yourself

Question 8

Generation effect

Answer 8

Generating material yourself enhances retention

Question 9

Retrieval cue

Answer 9

A word that helps people remember info in stored memory

Question 10

Cued recall

Answer 10

Participant is given retrieval cues to recall things

Question 11

Encoding specificity

Answer 11

We in code info along with its context

Question 12

State dependent learning

Answer 12

Learning that is associated with a particular internal state

Question 13

Transfer appropriate processing

Answer 13

Better performance when the type of processing matches in encoding and retrieval

Question 14

Consolidation

Answer 14

The process that transforms new memories from a fragile state to a permanent state

Question 15

Synaptic consolidation

Answer 15

Memories turning permanent via changes in the brain

Question 16

Systems consolidation

Answer 16

Gradual reorganization of neural circuits within the brain

Question 17

Reconsolidation

Answer 17

When a memory is retrieved it becomes fragile again, and needs to be reconsolidated