PS2020 Memory

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What model of memory did Atkinson & Shiffrin propose in 1968?
the modal/multi-store model
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What did research by Cowan et al. (2004) show?
amnesia patients can encode new memories under certain circumstances
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what does the visual change detection task suggest?
people can remember 3/4 abstract items
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echoic memory is automatic for ___, phonological store is automatic for ___.
heard sounds / heard words
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patients with impaired episodic memory have lesions in...
medial temporal lobe
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patients with impaired semantic memory have lesions in...
anterior frontal lobe
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what did the Loftus & Palmer (1974) study show?
people mis-remember in a very predictable fashion
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who proposed the working memory model?
Baddeley & Hitch (1974)
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which model best explains why the irrelevant speech effect occurs?
the embedded processes model
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according to levels of processing, the ___ the depth of processing, the ___ the subsequent memory
greater / stronger
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does intention to learn have an affect on encoding?
no
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According to Whitten & Leonard (1981), it is easier to recall if you...
start with most recent memories and move backwards
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what effect does adopting a different perspective have on recall ability?
it increases it
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if a learner's internal environment is altered by alcohol, drugs, caffeine, etc. this can have an affect on...
state-dependent memory
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which learning technique prompts learners to generate an explanation for an explicitly stated fact?
elaborative interrogation
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why does retrieval practise work as a learning technique?
the act of retrieval is thought to strengthen memory
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when doing spaced practise, how far apart should learning episodes be spaced?
this depends upon how long material needs to be remembered for
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awareness of a prior encounter without recovery of contextual details is called...
familiarity (know)
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what procedure involves comparing source hits to source misses?
objective source paradigm
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research has found that people with schizophrenia...
have large deficits in recollection
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what is the relationship between forgetting and time?
logarithmic
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only unavailable, not inaccessible, items are said to be forgotten - true or false?
false, both are said to be forgotten
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retrieval-induced forgetting is...
where retrieval of one item harms recall of related items
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the inability to recall an old phone number after spending a long time trying to not use it anymore is most likely caused by...
inhibition
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research has indicated that amnesia patients struggle with recollection, but not familiarity - true or false?
true
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which theory/model suggests that complete hippocampal damage will result in complete retrograde amnesia?
multiple trace theory
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could HM learn new semantic information?
yes, but only when anchored to pre morbidly acquired information
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what is an error of commission?
when a memory is present but incorrect or unwanted
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