Factors affecting verbal learning Flashcards
1
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What is decay?
A
Fading of memory due to passage of time
2
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What factors affect verbal learning?
A
- inter-trial interval
- stimulus meaningfulness and familiarity
- massed repetitions vs distributed repetitions
- frequency
- serial position
- similarity
- imagery and concreteness
- motivation
- memory capacity and savings score
3
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What is stimulus familiarity?
A
refers to the extent to which a subject in a verbal learning experiment has already been exposed to a stimulus (word) appearing on the list.
4
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What is massed repetition?
A
Refers to repeating something over and over again to the subject without pausing
5
Q
What is distributed repetition?
A
This is when periodic breaks are observed between study trials
6
Q
What is the spacing effect?
A
This is when distributed repetition of stimuli allow for better encoding and recall
7
Q
What are concrete words?
A
Words that generate images easily
8
Q
What is savings score?
A
The measure of the estimated percentage retention in verbal learning
