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chapter 8 notes
chapter 8 questions from my personal notes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is memory? | Persistence of learning over time |
| How long is sensory memory compacity? | 4 seconds |
| How long is working memory compacity? | 5 to 10 seconds |
| What is the definition of explicit memory? | Explicit memory explains general knowledge |
| What is the definition of implicit memory and what is an example? | Implicit memory are skills an example is riding a bike |
| What type of memory is automatic processing? | Implicit memory |
| What are the two types of memories used during sensory memory? | Iconic and echoic memory |
| What is iconic memory? | Visual memories |
| What is echoic memory? | Audio memories |
| What is short term to long term memory called? | Effortful processing |
| What are short term to long term processing strategies? | Chunking, mnemonics, and hierarchies |
| What is an example of mnemonics? | PEMDAS |
| What is an example of hierarchies? | Main idea, sub topic, then details |
| What is the spacing effect and what is an example? | Spacing different things out to remember them better, an example is when you are studying you will remember more if you space it out over 6 days instead of doing it all in one day. |
| What is the testing effect and what memory does it use? | The testing effect is when you test yourself on knowledge you have and it uses explicit memory only |
| How much storage does long-term memory have? | It it basically limitless |
| What is sematic memory? | facts |
| What is edisodic memory? | Personal memories |
| What memory does hippocampus use? | Explicit memories |
| Where is memory located? | The brain |
| What are the two types of processing? | Automatic and Effortful processing |
| What are the two types of memory? | Implicit and Explicit memory |
| Were is implicit memory processed? | It is processed in the cerebellum and basal ganglia |
| Where is explicit memory processed? | It is processed in the hippocampus and frontal lobes |
| What does implicit memory control? | - Space, time, frequency - Motor, and skills (cognitive) - Classical conditioning |
| What does explicit memory control? | - Sematic memory - Episodic memory |
| What does memory retrieving equal? | Encoding |
| What is retrospective memory? | Old memory |
| What is prospective memory? | What it hopes to remember |
| What does prospective memory help with? | Helps retrieve memories |
| What does priming equal? | Descriptive identifier |
| What are two types of priming? | State-dependent and emotion connection |
| Are you more likely to remember sate-dependent or emotion connection? | Emotion connection |
| What are the likely causes of encoding failure? | Age and Attention |
| What is storage decay? | Use it or lose it |
| What is retrieval failure? | Proactive, retroactive, and interference |
| What is motivative forgetting? | forgetting painful memories |
| Is children eyewitness a reliable source for information? | No, children's memories can be easily modeled |
| What are methods to help improve your memory? | survey, questions, read, retrieve, and review |
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