memory Flashcards
(29 cards)
What type of memory is used to remember how to ride a bike?
Procedural memory
What type of memory is used to remember the definition of a word?
Semantic memory
What type of memory is used to recall the last digit of a number just read to you?
STM, working memory
What type of memory is used to recall the last scene of a film you just saw?
STM, working memory
What type of memory is used to work out 102-25?
STM, working memory
What type of memory is used to remember a person’s name?
STM, WM, LTM
What type of memory is used to remember the Capital of Spain?
Semantic memory
What type of memory is used to remember who you are?
Semantic memory
What type of memory is used to recall what you had for breakfast yesterday?
Episodic, LTM
What type of memory is used to recall what you saw before you entered the lecture hall?
Episodic, LTM
What types of memory are declarative?
Semantic (facts)
Episodic (events)
What types of memory are nondeclarative?
Procedural skills
Semantic memory (priming)
Conditioning
Nonassociative (habituation, sensitization)
What is implicit memory?
Nondeclarative
What is explicit memory?
Declarative
2 examples of rejected theories of memory:
- every memory is treated the same
- every memory is treated differently
What are the 3 stages of remembering?
- encoding
- Storage
- Retrieval
What is encoding?
The formation of a mental representation through processes occurring during the ‘to-be-remembered’ experience
What is storage?
Temporary (or more permanent) mental retention of some aspect(s) of the representation
What is retrieval?
Recovery or extraction of the mental representation from our mental storage system
What is the capacity of short term memory?
7+/-2 (Miller, 1956)
How is short term memory coded?
Phonological, visual, semantic (?)
How long is the retention of short-term memory?
Up to 30 seconds
What is the capacity of the sensory registers?
Large
How is information coded into sensory registers?
Literal copy of input
