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What does semantic encoding primarily involve?
What does semantic encoding primarily involve?
Which part of the brain is associated with increased activity during semantic encoding?
Which part of the brain is associated with increased activity during semantic encoding?
What characterizes iconic memory?
What characterizes iconic memory?
Which memory storage mechanism allows information to persist for about 15-20 seconds?
Which memory storage mechanism allows information to persist for about 15-20 seconds?
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What benefit does chunking provide in memory processing?
What benefit does chunking provide in memory processing?
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Which of the following is true about the recency effect?
Which of the following is true about the recency effect?
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What is organizational encoding primarily focused on?
What is organizational encoding primarily focused on?
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How does rehearsal aid in memory retention?
How does rehearsal aid in memory retention?
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Which statement accurately describes the survival-encoding task's effect on memory recall?
Which statement accurately describes the survival-encoding task's effect on memory recall?
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What is a defining characteristic of echoic memory?
What is a defining characteristic of echoic memory?
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What best describes the role of the central executive in working memory?
What best describes the role of the central executive in working memory?
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Which condition represents a disruption in the consolidation process?
Which condition represents a disruption in the consolidation process?
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What does the term 'transfer-appropriate processing' refer to?
What does the term 'transfer-appropriate processing' refer to?
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Which type of memory does not require the hippocampal structures for its retrieval?
Which type of memory does not require the hippocampal structures for its retrieval?
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What does retroactive interference describe?
What does retroactive interference describe?
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In the context of memory misattribution, what is 'source memory'?
In the context of memory misattribution, what is 'source memory'?
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What phenomenon is described by the term 'collaborative inhibition'?
What phenomenon is described by the term 'collaborative inhibition'?
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Which process is implicated in why memories can become vulnerable when recalled?
Which process is implicated in why memories can become vulnerable when recalled?
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Which term describes unconscious influences that past experiences have on future behavior?
Which term describes unconscious influences that past experiences have on future behavior?
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What does 'deja vu' signify within the framework of memory?
What does 'deja vu' signify within the framework of memory?
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Study Notes
Memory Processes
- Memory is the ability to store and retrieve information over time. It's a constructive, not a recording, process.
- Encoding transforms perceptions, thoughts, and feelings into memories.
- Storage maintains information over time.
- Retrieval brings stored information to mind.
Encoding Processes
- Semantic Encoding: Relates new info to existing knowledge, activating areas in the left frontal and temporal lobes. More activity = better recall. Involves semantic, visual, and organizational judgments.
- Visual Imagery Encoding: Stores info as mental pictures, creating visual and verbal placeholders. Activates visual processing regions in the occipital lobe.
- Organizational Encoding: Categorizes information based on relationships. Activates the upper surface of the left frontal lobe.
Memory Storage
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Sensory Storage: Holds sensory info briefly (seconds or less).
- Iconic Memory: Visual sensory memory
- Echoic Memory: Auditory sensory memory
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Short-Term Storage/Working Memory: Holds non-sensory info for ~15-20 seconds.
- Rehearsal: Repeating information mentally to maintain it.
- Serial Position Effect: Better recall of first and last items (primary and recency effects).
- Chunking: Grouping info into larger units for easier recall.
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Working Memory Components:
- Visuospatial Sketchpad: Stores visual and spatial information
- Phonological Loop: Stores verbal information
- Episodic Buffer: Integrates visual and verbal information
- Central Executive: Coordinates the above subsystems
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Long-Term Storage: Holds information for hours, days, weeks, or years. Capacity is unlimited. Linked to hippocampal index, which is critical initially, but potentially less so over time.
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Types of Amnesia:
- Anterograde amnesia: Inability to form new long-term memories.
- Retrograde amnesia: Inability to retrieve memories from before a specific event (injury/surgery).
- Consolidation: Memories become stable in the brain. Strengthened by sleep.
- Reconsolidation: Recalling memories makes them vulnerable and needs to be consolidated again.
- Long-Term Potentiation (LTP): Strengthening of synaptic connections to improve communication.
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Types of Amnesia:
Retrieval
- Retrieval Cues: External information associated with stored information that helps recall.
- Encoding Specificity Principle: Effective recall when retrieval cue matches encoding context.
- State-Dependent Retrieval: Recall is better when the encoding and retrieval states are similar.
- Transfer-Appropriate Processing: Matching encoding and retrieval contexts increases memory transfer.
- Retrieval-Induced Forgetting: Retrieving an item can impair recall of related items.
Types of Memory
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Explicit Memory: Consciously retrieving past experiences.
- Semantic Memory: General knowledge network.
- Episodic Memory: Personal experiences at specific times and places (future envisioning).
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Implicit Memory: Past experiences influencing later behavior without conscious awareness.
- Procedural Memory: Skills learned through practice (knowing how)
- Priming: Enhanced ability to recognize a stimulus after prior exposure.
Memory Failures
- Transience: Forgetting over time, most forgetting happening immediately after an event.
- Retroactive Interference: Later learning impairing earlier learned information.
- Proactive Interference: Earlier learned information impairing later learning.
- Absentmindedness: Lapses in attention leading to memory failure (divided attention).
- Blocking: Inability to retrieve available information despite trying to recall it (names, places).
- Memory Misattribution: Assigning a memory to the wrong source (deja vu, source memory).
- Suggestibility: Incorporating misleading information into recollections.
- Bias: Present knowledge, beliefs, or feelings distorting past memory.
- Persistence: Intrusive recollection of unwanted events, especially from emotional experiences (flashbulb memories).
Collaborative Memory
- Collaborative Memory: Group remembering.
- Collaborative Inhibition: Groups recall fewer items than individuals.
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Explore the various processes of memory including encoding, storage, and retrieval. This quiz delves into different encoding techniques such as semantic, visual imagery, and organizational encoding, as well as the characteristics of sensory memory. Test your understanding of how memory functions and the science behind it.
