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GRE Psychology: Memory

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1. Learning and recall depend on depth of processing; from most superficial phonological (pronunciation) to deep semantic level - the deeper the easier to learn and recall






2. General knowledge of the world






3. Recall begins with task Ex: fill-in-the-blank' test






4. Forgetting theory - competing information blocks retrieval (study: memorize list - one group sleeps while other group solves riddles for same amount of time - slept is likelier to remember more)






5. Knowing how to do something






6. Allan Paivio - items better remembered if encoded both visually and semantically (icons/images+understanding)






7. Anything one might recall is easily recognized - multiple-choice test is easier than essay test






8. Memory is reconstructive rather than rote - People are more likely to remember ideas/semantics more than details/grammar






9. Measures how much info remains in LTM (information retention) by assessing how long it takes to learn something the second time






10. Last seconds - connects perception and memory - includes iconic and echoic memory






11. Iconic memory people could see more than they can remember






12. LTM is subject to...material is easier to be remembered if retrieved in same context as learning/storage






13. Recall without any cue






14. Knowing something without being aware of knowing it 'HM' --> cannot remember anything he did






15. Sensory - short term - long term






16. Tendency to recall pursued but incomplete tasks better than completed ones - Students who suspend their study - during which they do unrelated activities (such as studying unrelated subjects or playing games) - will remember material better than stud






17. Measured through presenting subjects with items they are not supposed to try to memorize - then test for learning






18. Organizing and understanding material to transfer to LTM






19. Proactive interference causes proactive inhibition - retroactive interference causes retroactive inhibition






20. Retrieval is better if in the same emotional or physical state as encoding - depressed individuals cannot easily recall happy memories - alcoholics often remember details of their last drinking session only when under the influence of alcohol






21. Decay (or trace) and interference theory






22. Instrument used to present visual material (words/images) to subjects for a fraction of a second - in cognitive or memory experiments






23. Details - events - discrete knowledge






24. Patient 'HM' lesion of hippocampus - remembered things before surgery - STM intact - but could not store new LTMs (anterograde amnesia)






25. A list of items is learned - and then must be recalled in any order with no cue.






26. Sperling - sensory memory for vision - people could see more than they can remember - a partial report in an experiment involving random letters showed people forgot other letters by the time they wrote first ones down






27. Temporary memory needed to perform the task that someone is working on at that moment






28. Tendency to group similar items in memory whether learned together or not - often into conceptual or semantic hierarchies






29. Grouping items can increase STM capacity






30. It takes longer to make association between pictures than between words --> Pictures must be mentally put into words before associations can be made






31. Subjects more easily state the order of two items far apart on the list than two items close together - Comparing 7 & 597 vs. comparing 133 vs. 136






32. Serial learning Serial-anticipation learning Paired-associate learning Free-recall learning






33. Similar to serial learning but asked to recall one item at a time






34. Knowing a fact






35. STM capacity of 7±2






36. Knowing something and being consciously aware of knowing it - such as knowing a fact






37. Primary and recency effects






38. Forgetting theory - memories fade with time






39. Ebbinghaus - sharp drop in savings immediately after learning then levels off downwards; but some psychologists doubt generalization from nonsense syllables






40. Temporary - seconds or minutes - largely auditory - items coded phonologically - 7+/- 2 capacity - chunking - subjective to interference and inhibition






41. Memories are stored diffusely in the brain






42. Learned and recalled in order; primacy and recency effects; serial-position U-curve demonstrates savings






43. Memory cues that aid learning and recall (e.g. OCEAN for the Big Five factors of personality...)






44. Coined by Neisser - --> brief visual memory that lasts about one second






45. Forgetting curve; lists of nonsense syllables to study STM






46. Generate information on their own; cued and free






47. The first and last few items learned are easiest to remember. first items are due to the benefit of most rehearsal and exposure. last item is easy to remember because there has been less time for decay






48. Acoustic dissimilarity - semantic dissimilarity - brevity - familiarity - concreteness - meaning - importance to subject






49. On the verge of retrieval






50. Disrupting information that was learned prior to new items were presented







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