Module 11 Notes

Name and describe the 3 processes involved in memory:
1)

2)

3)

The 3 types of memory and how long each usually lasts:
1)

2)

3)

Name and define the 2 kinds of sensory memory:
1)

2)

List the functions of sensory memory:
1)

2)

3)

Another name for short term memory (STM) is __________________________________

Characteristics of STM:
Capacity:

Duration:

The duration of a STM can be extended by using __________________________________

The duration of a STM may be shorted by __________________________________

The capacity or amount stored can be increased by using _________________________

List the functions of STM:
1)

2)

3)

Characteristics of long term memory (LTM)
Capacity:

Duration:

Another word for the process of remembering is ________________________

Evidence that STM and LTM are distinct memory processes:

What is the primacy effect?

What is the recency effect?

Why is the middle of  a list of items least likely to be remembered?

Define & give an example of each type of LTM

Declarative:

    1) Semantic:

    2) Episodic:

Procedural or non-declarative:

Hormone which stengthened emotional memories:

When this hormone is naturally released:

Possible reason our bodies have this mechanism for strengthening emotional memories:

2 types of encoding and when each type of encoding occurs:
1)

2)

2 processes that can be used for effortful encoding and when each is most effective:
1)

2)

What is the levels of processing theory?
 

What does repression mean?

2 alternative possibilities concerning the nature of "recovered" memories
1)

2)

Evidence that "false memories" can be suggested or "implanted":
 
 

What is a flashbulb memory?