Psychology 1 - revision

Complete this Sentence....

Memory is a psychological a_____ that everybody uses and it is used to s____ i_________.

Select 2 facts about Short Term Memory (STM): -

• Duration about 30 seconds

• Capacity is roughly 7 words or numbers

• Duraction about 5 minutes

• Capacity is roughly 14 words or numbers

Select 2 facts about Long Term Memory (LTM): -

• Duration is a lifetime (if revised)

• Capacity is Unlimited

• Duration is 30 Seconds

• Capacity is roughly 7 words or numbers

Select the types of Long Term Memory: -

• Eposodic

• Sematic

• Procedual

• Encoding

• Retrieval

Complete these sentences: -

Episodic memory are memories of l___ events. Episodic memory means remembering an e____ from a persons l___.

Complete these sentences: -

Procedual memory is the memory of s____. This memory is unusual because it is often h___ to explain.

Complete these sentences: -

Sematic memories are memories of f__t(s). Sematic memories are understood and can be e________ to other people, but do not necessarily relate to specific events.

What is the name for memory loss?

(The forgetting of Episodic Memories)

• Amnesia

• Dementia

• Alzheimers

Tick two causes for forgetting in LTM: -

• Two similar pieces of information get mixed up

• Passage of Time

  (Hard to retrieve information out of context)

• Lack of brain training

TRUE or FALSE

Cues can be given to help remember as the trigger memories

• TRUE

• FALSE