Exam 2 Study Guide Chapter 7

Front 1

Encoding (definition)

Back 1

Moving STM / Working memory into LTM.

Front 2

Retrieval (definition)

Back 2

LTM into STM / Working memory.

Front 3

Maintenance Rehearsal

Back 3

Rehearsing information to help maintain the information in STM/Working Memory.

Front 4

Elaborative Rehearsal

Back 4

Thinking about the meaning of an item or creating a connection between the item and something you know.

Front 5

Levels of Processing Theory

Back 5

Memory depends on how information is encoded, with "deeper" processing resulting in better encoding and retrieval than "shallow" processing. Memory is better when a meaningful connection is made between an items meaning and its relationship to something else. (deep processing)

Front 6

Factors that aid encoding process.

Back 6

Creating connections - complex sentences, imagery, link to self (self-reference effect).

Active Creation - Generate information(instead of passively learning), testing.

Organization - Recall by groups (ex: fruits), present in an organized way (tree format), meaningful framework.

Front 7

Factors that aid retrieval process.

Back 7

-Free(recall information you were told to remember) or Cued Recall(given basis to work from to recall information)
-Match conditions of encoding and retrieval both in context and environment.
-Match the internal state that occurred during encoding/learning process while attempting retrieval.

Front 8

Where does memory occur in the brain?
(both part of brain and what it does)

Back 8

Hippocampus - involved in creating new LTM.
Parahippocampal Cortex - spatial information
Perirhinal / Entorhinal Cortex - recognition memory
Amgydala - Emotional memories

Front 9

Fragility of new memories.
(types of amnesia)

Back 9

Retrograde Amnesia - lose memory for events prior to injury.
Anterograde Amnesia - lose memory for events after injury.

Front 10

Memory Consolidation, Reactivation, Reconsolidation processes

Back 10

Consolidation - short term to long term
Reactivation - Long term to Short term
Reconsolidation - short term back to long term