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PSYCO 104 Chapter 8
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- 1What are the three key functions of memory?Encoding, storage, and retrieval
- 2What is elaborative encoding?Elaborative encoding combines new information with old information. It is the process of actively relating new knowledge to knowledge that is already in the memory.
- 3What are the three kinds of memory storage?Sensory, short-term, long-term
- 4Iconic memory is ______ (fast/slow) decaying, and echoic memory is ______ (fast/slow) decaying.fast
fast - 5Iconic memory stores ______ (auditory/visual) information, and echoic memory stores ______ (auditory/visual) information.visual
auditory - 6What is the decay time of iconic memory? Of echoic memory?Iconic: 1 second
Echoic: 5 second - 7True or False: Iconic and echoic memory are types of short-term memory storage.False; they are fast-decaying sensory storage, not short-term storage. (Do not confuse short-term with fast-decaying)
- 8The decay time of short term memory is how long?More than a few seconds but less than a minute
- 9The capacity of long term memory is how large?There is no known limit to the capacity of long term memory.
- 10Each time you repeat/rehearse the act of committing something to memory, how much longer will it live in your short term memory (STM)?15-20 seconds
- 11True or False: Anterograde amnesia is the inability to transfer new information from the STM to the LTM.True
- 12True or False: Retrograde amnesia is the inability to retrieve information acquired after a particular date.False; retrograde amnesia is the inability to retrieve information acquired BEFORE a particular date. The particular date is usually the date of an accident or an injury.
- 13What is an explicit memory?Something that starts with "I remember..." - i.e. something you actively recall, like answering questions on a test.
- 14What is an implicit memory?A memory whose presence is implied by our actions even though it is not consciously recalled; for example, tying your shoe
- 15True or False: Implicit memory doesn't involve parts of the motor cortex.False; implicit memories involve actions and require the use of the motor cortex
- 16What is semantic memory?A network of associated facts that make up our general knowledge of the world
- 17What is episodic memory?The collection of past personal experiences that occurred at a particular time and place
- 18What are the seven "memory sins"?Transience, absentmindedness, blocking, memory misattribution, suggestibility, bias, and persistence
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