W7_05 Memory

Question 1

4 models for thinking about memory?

Answer 1

memory traces that vary in strength;
memory stores with difference characteristics;
memory systems;
memory processing

Question 2

what are the 4 memory systems?

Answer 2

working memory;
episodic memory;
semantic memory;
procedural memory

Question 3

what are some problems with the “3-store model” of memory?

Answer 3

STM varies in capacity;
STM forgetting rate varies;
LTM is undefined

Question 4

what are 4 components of the memory processing theory?

Answer 4

remembering as processing;
remembering;
encoding;
retrieving

Question 5

what are the functions of the medial-temporal brain in memory?

Answer 5

consolidating permanent memory, and establishing associations between events

Question 6

what are functions of the frontal regions of the brain in memory?

Answer 6

evidence suggests:
Left frontal region is encoding;
Right frontal region is retrieval

Question 7

how does brain volume change with age? how does white matter change with age?

Answer 7

brain volume declines quickly after 20s;

white matter holds up pretty well

Question 8

how does hippocampus change with time?

Answer 8

shrinks too

Question 9

what type of memory is lost as age progresses?

Answer 9

episodic