The Cognitive approach

What is meant by saying we are 'cognitive misers'?

What are three stages of memory?

Which of these components is NOT part of the Multi-Store model of memory?

• Long-term memory

• Short-term memory

• Episodic buffer

• Sensory memory

Mental representations of the world that we use to process new information and existing information are called...

Which of these is NOT a way that memories can be lost, according to the Multi-store model of memory?

• Displacement

• Decay

• Rehearsal

After his operation, HM suffered from the ability to create new long-term memories. This is known as...

• Retrograde amnesia

• Anterograde amnesia

Being able to identify a part of the brain as being responsible for a particular function e.g. memory is called...

When a new piece of knowledge is changed in order to fit a pre-existing schema, this is called...

When you read silently, which component of Working Memory processes the words you are reading?

• Central executive

• Visuo-spatial sketchpad

• Phonological loop

• Episodic buffer

How did Brewer & Treyen's (1981) study provide support for schema theory?

Write as much as you can remember. You can use your notes.