TB4 P&C Lecture 1; Structures of memory

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1. What are the two types of LTM?

  • Semantic memory (impersonal facts and everyday knowledge), Episodic memory (Personal experiences linked with specific times and places)
  • Explicit memory (factual knowledge + personal exp.) and Implicit memory (Long term memories of conditioned responses+learned skills
  • Explicit memory (Long term memories of conditioned responses and learned skills), Implicit memory (factual knowledge and personal experiences)
  • Episodic memory (impersonal facts and everyday knowledge), Semantic memory (Personal experiences linked with specific times and places)
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2. What is the digit span of STM?

  • 7+-2 digits
  • 9 digits
  • 5 digits
  • It has no digit span

3. What is proactive interference

  • Interference caused by external stimuli e.g/ a loud sound
  • The tendency for previously learned recall to disrupt the recall of new information
  • The tendency for new information to disrupt the recall of previously learned information
  • When concious processes such as speech interfere with the recall of information

4. Which tasks did amnesiac pps perform best at?

  • Recognition
  • Implicit memory tasks, at a similar level to the controls
  • Free recall tasks
  • Explicit memory tasks

5. Which of these is a major reason for forgetting memories in LTM?

  • Similar co-occuring information
  • Overload of information due to large capacity
  • Retrieval failure
  • Lack of attention

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