The feeling you know something despite not being able to recall it
A memory that has a strong emotional resonance
Knowledge of our skills
7. According to Ebbinghaus, when does most forgetting occur?
In the first 2 hours
In the first hour
In the first 10 minutes
The rate of loss is consistent
8. During a sleep experiment by Jenkins & Dallenbach (1924), did pps remember more if they went to sleep or if they carried on as normal?
Learnt more if they slept
Learnt more if they carried on
Learning was the same for both
9. What is proactive interference?
Old information makes it hard to remember new information
New information makes it hard to remember old information
10. Did Tulving & Psotka (1971) find evidence for cue dependent forgetting?
Yes- when a word was recalled the rest of the category could be recalled
No- the category could be recalled the same with or without the effective cue
11. Are flashbulb memories remembered better than any other memory?
No
Yes
12. What Dewar et al (2010) find in their masking study with amnesiacs?
Amnesiacs are good at dealing with interference
Amnesiacs have fragile memories that are not protected from interference
Amnesiacs do not have any memories
13. Who found that reusing pps could result in them getting interference from previous trials?
Solso (1995)
Salmecka (1990)
Underwood (1957)
Peterson & Peterson (1959)
14. What is retroactive interference?
New information makes it hard to remember old information
Old information makes it hard to remember new information
15. High cue familiarity with the inability to retrieve the information leads to tip of the tongue phenomenon, who conducted a study on this?
Talanco & Rubin (2003)
Spiers et al (2001)
Burke, Mackay, Worthley & Wade (1991)
Dudai (2004)
16. What is anterograde amnesia?
Difficulty learning and acquiring information after onset of injury
Difficulty remembering information and events from periods before the injury
17. Which forgetting theory states that information is not forgotten it is just hard to retrieve because retrieval cues are not well remembered?
Repression (motivated forgetting) theory
Fading away (trace decay) theory
Poor retrieval (cue dependent) theory
Confusion (interference) theory
18. What type of forgetting has 40% loss in the first two years?
Autobiographical events
Foreign language
Face and names
19. Who conducted a study on flashbulb memories from 9/11?
Spiers et al (2001)
Dudai (2004)
Talanco & Rubin (2003)
Burke, Mackay, Worthley & Wade (1991)
20. Cavaco et al (2014) found patients did learn from practice when pouring jugs of water, weaving and tracing figures,. What brain area was damaged in these patients?
