PSYC 1000 - Tulane - Chapter 8 – Rollins Exam
Questions with Solutions
Memory - -The persistence of learning over time through the storage and
retrieval of information.
- Basic processes involve in memory - -1) Encoding - getting information
into memory
2) Storage - holding info in memory
3) Retrieval - finding info in memory
- Automatic processing - -Some memory happens automatically
Space, time, sequence, frequency
- Effortful processing - -Most memory takes purposeful effort
- Maintenance rehearsal - -Repeating what you want to remember over and
over without thinking about the meaning
- Serial position (maintenance rehearsal) - -Position of an item in a list
- Primacy effect (maintenance rehearsal) - -Ability to remember things at
the beginning of the list
- Recency effect (maintenance rehearsal) - -Ability to remember things at
the end of the list
- Elaborative rehearsal - -Thinking about the meaning of what you are trying
to encode. Processing the information based on it's semantic code.
- Deeper level of processing
-- Tends to result in more lasting memories
- Linking (elaborative rehearsal) - -Linking the information you are trying to
encode with information you already know
- Self-reference effect - -Better memory for information that has personal
relevance to our own lives
- Spacing effect - -Tendency for us to better remember information if we
distribute our studies over time rather than cramming information
- Storage - -Holding information in memory over time
- Information processing model - -There are three stages of mental
processing before something is firmly embedded in memory.
Questions with Solutions
Memory - -The persistence of learning over time through the storage and
retrieval of information.
- Basic processes involve in memory - -1) Encoding - getting information
into memory
2) Storage - holding info in memory
3) Retrieval - finding info in memory
- Automatic processing - -Some memory happens automatically
Space, time, sequence, frequency
- Effortful processing - -Most memory takes purposeful effort
- Maintenance rehearsal - -Repeating what you want to remember over and
over without thinking about the meaning
- Serial position (maintenance rehearsal) - -Position of an item in a list
- Primacy effect (maintenance rehearsal) - -Ability to remember things at
the beginning of the list
- Recency effect (maintenance rehearsal) - -Ability to remember things at
the end of the list
- Elaborative rehearsal - -Thinking about the meaning of what you are trying
to encode. Processing the information based on it's semantic code.
- Deeper level of processing
-- Tends to result in more lasting memories
- Linking (elaborative rehearsal) - -Linking the information you are trying to
encode with information you already know
- Self-reference effect - -Better memory for information that has personal
relevance to our own lives
- Spacing effect - -Tendency for us to better remember information if we
distribute our studies over time rather than cramming information
- Storage - -Holding information in memory over time
- Information processing model - -There are three stages of mental
processing before something is firmly embedded in memory.
