AQA A level Psychology Memory Questions with Correct Answers.

Implicit memory Correct Answer Made without conciously doing it Explicit memory Correct Answer conscious knowledge of making the memory Episodic memory (explicit) Correct Answer Time stamped events in your life , they involve conscious thought and revolve around time and place. Tend to be unique to you e.g getting exam results Semantic memory (explicit) Correct Answer Memories of knowledge or facts. This tends to be shared knowledge e.g Dublin is capital of Ireland Procedural memory (implicit) Correct Answer Memory of how to perform a task or skill, only one immune to amnesia. We do not consciously remember procedural memory, we perform tasks by habit Comparing LTM Correct Answer Are they immune to amnesia (procedural) Does it require conscious thought Are they unique or shared Interference theory Correct Answer As new Ito is learnt the cognitive connections can get confused, especially if information is similar to old that we already have. (One memory is disturbing another) Proactive/ retroactive Proactive interface Correct Answer Previously learnt information interferes with new info you are trying to stores.g trying to remember new number but remembering old Retroactive Interference Correct Answer A new memory interferes with old ones Cue-Dependent forgetting Correct Answer when information is still in LTM but cant be accessed. It sees recalls dependant upon retrieval cues. 2 types: context-dependant failure and state-dependant failure. Context-dependant failure Correct Answer external retrieval cues. When external environment is different at recall from how it was in coding. State-dependant failure Correct Answer internal retrieving cues. Forgetting occurring when individuals internal environment is dissimilar to that when coded. Eg recall info learned sober when drunk.