Memory

The idea that information needs to be converted into a form that is meaningful to the person learning it is referred to as

• Encoding

• Storage

• Recall

• Consolidation

STM has a capacity of

• infinite information

• 5- 9 items

• 30 seconds

• 3-4 seconds

LTM can be broadly divided into two categories

• Semantic and declarative

• Implicit and procedural

• Implicit and explicit

• explicit and declarative

The memory that is either biographical or prospective (remembering things you have on your "to-do"list) is

• semantic

• episodic

• implicit

• explicit

You are travelling to America on a gap year and sit in seat 42F. You are sitting next to a man named Dave. Dave has a 9 month old baby on his lap, who is screaming. You are becoming increasingly frustrated, as you cannot sleep with the noise.

A semantic component of the memory is__ and an episodic component is __

• The screaming baby, his name is Dave

• You are sitting at 42F; your frustration at the baby crying

• Your frustration at the baby crying; you are sitting at 42F

• The noise; the baby belongs to Dave

An essential difference between semantic and episodic memories is that

• Semantic memories are the same for everyone; episodic are personal experiences

• Semantic memories are personal experiences; episodic are the same for everyone

• You can verbalise a semantic memory but it is harder to put an episodic memory into words

• You can verbalise an episodic memory but it is harder to put a semantic memory into words

Classical conditioning creates

• Episodic memories

• Semantic memories

• Implicit memories

• Explicit memories

The hippocampus enables us to create new

• implicit memories

• explicit memories

• procedural memories

• short term memories

The brain area involved in movements that need to be done in a specific order and for temporary storage of procedural memories is the

• hippocampus

• amygdala

• cerebellum

• cerebral cortex

Amy has suffered epileptic seizures and has had both amygala removed. She is unlikely to be able to create new

• long term memories

• phobias

• procedural, implicit memories

• movements that must be conducted in a sequence