PURDUE PSY 200 EXAM 3 STUDY GUIDE
long-term memory systems - Answers -(Schacter and Tulving)
1. Episodic memory
2. Semantic memory
3. Perceptual representation system
4. Procedural memory
amnesia - Answers -A condition caused by brain damage in which there is severe
impairment of long-term memory
Korsakoff's syndrome - Answers -Amnesia caused by chronic alcoholism
HM (Henry Molaison) - Answers -Suffered from severe epilepsy, surgically removed
medial temproal lobes (including hippocampus)
Problems with memory, language
Retained ability to form long-term memories, sustained attention and intact performance
involving short-term memory (SUGGESTS that memories are not stored permanently in
the hippocampus)
anterograde amnesia - Answers -brain damage with impaired ability to remember new
things
declarative memory - Answers -long-term memory for facts and events
non-declarative memory - Answers -long-term memory demonstrated in behavior
hippocampus - Answers -brain structure involved in memory storage and consolidation
priming - Answers -presented before target and helps in processing it
procedural memory - Answers -knowing how to do something
episodic memory - Answers -memory for personal experiences and what, where, and
when information
semantic memory - Answers -memory for general knowledge, concepts, and language
retrograde amnesia - Answers -problems in remembering events occur
, semantic dementia - Answers -A condition involving damage to the anterior temporal
lobes in which there is a widespread loss of information about the meanings of words
and concepts; patients with this condition differ widely in symptoms and the pattern of
bran damage.
However, episodic memory and executive functioning are resonably intact in the early
stages.
interdependence of episodic and semantic memory - Answers -semantic memory can
enhance learning on an episodic memor task (Kan et al., 2009)
episodic memory can facilitate retrieval on a semantic memory task (Greenberg et al.,
2009)
semanticisation of episodic memory - Answers -When episodic memories change into
semantic memories over time
recognition memory: familiarity and recollection - Answers -familiarity: process of
recognizing an item on basis of its perceived memory strength but WITHOUT
RETRIEVAL OF any specific DETAILS about the study episode
"old" item -> KNOW response
STRONG memory traces
recollection: process of recognizing an item on basis of retrieval of specific contextual
details
"old" item -> REMEMBER response
WEAK memory traces
familiarity and recollection: brain mechanisms - Answers -perihinal cortex: receives info
about specific items ("what" info needed for familiarity judgements)
parahippocampal cortex: receives info about context ("where" info useful for recollection
judgements)
hippocampus: receives what and where info (both of great importance to episodic
memory) and binds them to form item-context associations that permit recollection
recall memory - Answers -associated with increased activation in dorsolateral prefrontal
cortex and posterior parietal cortex; involves forming associations
remember vs. know judgments - Answers -Recognition: Participants give a remember
response if they can recall from where they know the item
Familiarity: Participants give a know response following an "old" response if they do not
consciously recollect an item's prior occurrence
long-term memory systems - Answers -(Schacter and Tulving)
1. Episodic memory
2. Semantic memory
3. Perceptual representation system
4. Procedural memory
amnesia - Answers -A condition caused by brain damage in which there is severe
impairment of long-term memory
Korsakoff's syndrome - Answers -Amnesia caused by chronic alcoholism
HM (Henry Molaison) - Answers -Suffered from severe epilepsy, surgically removed
medial temproal lobes (including hippocampus)
Problems with memory, language
Retained ability to form long-term memories, sustained attention and intact performance
involving short-term memory (SUGGESTS that memories are not stored permanently in
the hippocampus)
anterograde amnesia - Answers -brain damage with impaired ability to remember new
things
declarative memory - Answers -long-term memory for facts and events
non-declarative memory - Answers -long-term memory demonstrated in behavior
hippocampus - Answers -brain structure involved in memory storage and consolidation
priming - Answers -presented before target and helps in processing it
procedural memory - Answers -knowing how to do something
episodic memory - Answers -memory for personal experiences and what, where, and
when information
semantic memory - Answers -memory for general knowledge, concepts, and language
retrograde amnesia - Answers -problems in remembering events occur
, semantic dementia - Answers -A condition involving damage to the anterior temporal
lobes in which there is a widespread loss of information about the meanings of words
and concepts; patients with this condition differ widely in symptoms and the pattern of
bran damage.
However, episodic memory and executive functioning are resonably intact in the early
stages.
interdependence of episodic and semantic memory - Answers -semantic memory can
enhance learning on an episodic memor task (Kan et al., 2009)
episodic memory can facilitate retrieval on a semantic memory task (Greenberg et al.,
2009)
semanticisation of episodic memory - Answers -When episodic memories change into
semantic memories over time
recognition memory: familiarity and recollection - Answers -familiarity: process of
recognizing an item on basis of its perceived memory strength but WITHOUT
RETRIEVAL OF any specific DETAILS about the study episode
"old" item -> KNOW response
STRONG memory traces
recollection: process of recognizing an item on basis of retrieval of specific contextual
details
"old" item -> REMEMBER response
WEAK memory traces
familiarity and recollection: brain mechanisms - Answers -perihinal cortex: receives info
about specific items ("what" info needed for familiarity judgements)
parahippocampal cortex: receives info about context ("where" info useful for recollection
judgements)
hippocampus: receives what and where info (both of great importance to episodic
memory) and binds them to form item-context associations that permit recollection
recall memory - Answers -associated with increased activation in dorsolateral prefrontal
cortex and posterior parietal cortex; involves forming associations
remember vs. know judgments - Answers -Recognition: Participants give a remember
response if they can recall from where they know the item
Familiarity: Participants give a know response following an "old" response if they do not
consciously recollect an item's prior occurrence
