Memory And Forgetting.

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Basically, this is helping me the most. This is based on the Grivas, Down and Carter Psychology VCE units 3&4, in Australia.

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1.

This theory proposes that information in LTM is organised systematically in the form of overlapping networks (or 'grids') of concepts that are interconnected and interrelated by meaningful links:
2.

Memory is defined as..
- A.
  
  An active information-processing system that recieves, stores and recovers information.
- B.
  
  Thoughts experienced previously in ones life.
- C.
  
  The mental faculty of retaining and recalling past experience.
- D.
  
  The act or an instance of remembering; recollection.
3.

Incoming sensory information must go through this sequence in order to be remembered:
- A.
  
  Storage, encoding, retrieval.
- B.
  
  Retrieval, encoding, storage.
- C.
  
  Encoding, storage, retrieval.
4.

There are three main kinds of measures used to determine how much information has been retained, they are:
- A.
  
  Free recall, cued recall and serial recall.
- B.
  
  Relearning, recall and recognition.
- C.
  
  Method of savings, free recall and recognition.
5.

Which of the measures of retention is concidered the most senstive?
- A.
  
  Recognition
- B.
  
  Free recall
- C.
  
  Recall
- D.
  
  Relearning
- E.
  
  Cued recall
6.

The Atkinson-Shiffrin model describes:
- A.
  
  Human memory as consisting of three distinguishable kinds of memory, with each one representing a stage through which information passes in a sequential way.
- B.
  
  The memory span of each individual human being.
7.

The entry point of memory - the initial stage of the memory system in which all of the stimuli that bombard our senses are retained in their original sensory form for a very brief time:
8.

A memory system with a limited storage capacity in which information is stored for a relatively short period of time:
9.

Working memory consists of three storage systems, two of which are verbal working memory (phonological loop) and Visual working memory (visuospatial sketchpad) and the third one is?
10.

The duration of short-tern memory is approximately:
- A.
  
  18-20 seconds
- B.
  
  One to two minutes
- C.
  
  Three to four hours
- D.
  
  30 to 40 seconds
- E.
  
  2-4 seconds
11.

Rehearsal is the process of actively manipulating information so that it can be retained in memory. there are two main types of rehearsal, they are:
- A.
  
  Sustenance and maintenance rehearsal.
- B.
  
  Specific and non-specific rehearsal.
- C.
  
  Maintenance and elaborative rehearsal.
- D.
  
  Elaborative and specific rehearsal.
12.

The process of linking new information in a meaningful way with information already stored in memory or with other new information, to aid in its storage and retrieval from long term memory.
- A.
  
  Maintenance rehearsal
- B.
  
  Elaborative rehearsal
- C.
  
  Non-specific rehearsal
- D.
  
  Sustenance rehearsal
13.

The relatively permanent memory system that holds vast amounts of information for a long period of time.
14.

Psychologists have distinguished between two types of LTM storage. they are called:
- A.
  
  Assertive and procedural memory
- B.
  
  Declaritive and assertive memory
- C.
  
  Assertive and interrogatory memory
- D.
  
  Procedural and declarative memory
15.

The declaritive memory system that holds information about specific events or personal experiences ; The declarative memory system that stores the information we have about the world.
- A.
  
  Episodic ; Semantic
- B.
  
  Semantic ; Episodic
16.

Recall is better for items at the end and beginningof the list than for items in the middle of the list, this is called:
- A.
  
  Primacy effect
- B.
  
  Recency effect
- C.
  
  Serial position effect
17.

The serial postion effect used to describe superior recall of items at the end of a list is called the :
- A.
  
  Recency effect
- B.
  
  Primacy effect
- C.
  
  Serial effect
- D.
  
  Semantic network effect