TB4 P&C Lecture 1; Structures of memory 4.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? PsychologyY1 P&CUniversityNone Created by: mint75Created on: 26-04-15 20:18 Define temporary modality-specific storage A basic property of sensory memory, each sense has a seperate store (iconic, haptic etc.) 1 of 10 What happens easily to memories in STM (MSM model) They are sensitive to interruption and displacement due to limited capacity, attention needed. 2 of 10 What is the digit span of STM? 7+-2 digits 3 of 10 What is the serial position effect? It is hardest to recall items from the middle of the list, due to primacy and recency effects 4 of 10 What are the two types of LTM? Explicit memory (factual knowledge + personal exp.) and Implicit memory (Long term memories of conditioned responses+learned skills 5 of 10 What is eyewitness transference? The face is familiar, but the situation remembered in is incorrect 6 of 10 What is proactive interference The tendency for previously learned recall to disrupt the recall of new information 7 of 10 What is retrograde amnesia? The disruption of memories from the past, especially episodic memory 8 of 10 Which tasks did amnesiac pps perform best at? Implicit memory tasks, at a similar level to the controls 9 of 10 What did the case study of HM show? Different brain regions are important for memory, of which there are different types 10 of 10
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