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What type of memory refers to the knowledge of specific events or episodes?
What type of memory refers to the knowledge of specific events or episodes?
What is the main effect of damage to the hippocampus?
What is the main effect of damage to the hippocampus?
Which term describes the inability to recall memories formed prior to a brain injury?
Which term describes the inability to recall memories formed prior to a brain injury?
The Equipotentiality Hypothesis suggests what about memory functions in the brain?
The Equipotentiality Hypothesis suggests what about memory functions in the brain?
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What does memory suggestibility imply about the nature of memories in witnesses?
What does memory suggestibility imply about the nature of memories in witnesses?
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Study Notes
Chapter 8: Memory
- Explicit memory is divided into episodic and semantic memory
- Episodic memory involves remembering events, initially proposed in the 1970s
- Semantic memory involves remembering facts
- Procedural memory involves remembering how to do things
- Equipotentiality hypothesis suggests that any part of the brain involved in memory can take over if another part is damaged
- Damage to the hippocampus results in memory impairment
- Retrograde amnesia affects the ability to recall past events
- Anterograde amnesia affects the ability to form new memories
- Memory is vulnerable to suggestion and can be easily influenced, especially in witnesses
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Dive into Chapter 8 of Psychology, focusing on the intricacies of memory. This chapter covers explicit and procedural memory, the impacts of brain damage, and the unique phenomena of retrograde and anterograde amnesia. Explore how memory can be influenced and the theories surrounding it.
