Memory

Question 1

What are sensory, short-term, and long-term memory?

Answer 1

sensory - lasts from ¼ second to a few seconds
short-term - lasts from 20 - 30 seconds
long-term - unlimited capacity

Question 2

What are iconic and echoic memory?

Answer 2

ionic - memory by sight

echoic - memory by hearing

Question 3

What are explicit and implicit memory?

Answer 3

explicit - declarative and its behaviors that you can describe
implicit - things you cannot describe but know how to do

Question 4

What is Craik and Tulving’s (1975) levels of processing theory?

Answer 4

ranges from shallow processing to deep processing

Question 5

What are shallow and deep processing?

Answer 5

shallow - superficial and will not result in long term retention
deep - more in depth and allows for more retention

Question 6

What are context-dependent and state-dependent memory?

Answer 6

context-dependent - one’s environment allows for better recollection (studying in same room room where you will take exam)
state-dependent - reating the same bodily state as when you were studying in order to better recall (chewing gum during exam if you chewed gum during studying)

Question 7

What are anterograde and retrograde amnesia

Answer 7

anterograde - cannot form memories after injury

retrograde - cannot form memories before injury

Question 8

Is eyewitness testimony reliable?

Answer 8

NO. Memory is easily manipulable.