Mod 31

Question 1

What is Alzheimer’s?

Answer 1

Difficulty remembering new info and progresses into an inability to do everyday tasks

Question 2

How is retention measured?

Answer 2

1) Recall
2) Recognition
3) Relearning

Question 3

What is recall?

Answer 3

Retrieving information that isn’t currently in our conscious awareness but was learned earlier
ex) fill in the blank activites

Question 4

What is recognition?

Answer 4

Identifying previously learned items
ex) MCQ

Question 5

What is Relearning?

Answer 5

learning something quicker when learning it a second time or later
ex) final’s review

Question 6

How do we remember events?

Answer 6

1) By encoding - getting the information in our brain
2) Then storage - retain/store that information
3) Lastly retrieval - get that information back out when need be

Question 7

What is parallel processing and what does this mean for the brain?

Answer 7

Processing things simultaneously, meaning we consciously and unconsciously process things at the same time in our brains.

Question 8

What is connection ism?

Answer 8

It views memories as products of interconnected neural networks.

Question 9

How do we form memories?

Answer 9

1) We make the memory a Sensory Memory which is immediate
2) It goes to our short term memory and is encoded by rehearsing
3) Then it moves into our long term memory for us to retrieve it

Question 10

What is our working memory?

Answer 10

a limited-capacity cognitive system that temporarily holds and actively manipulates information needed for complex tasks like reasoning, learning, problem-solving, and comprehension

Question 11

What are explicit memories? How are they formed?

Answer 11

Facts or knowledge we consciously know/declare.
They are formed by effortful processing, meaning it requires attention, rehearsal and conscious effort

Question 12

What is Implicit Memory? How is it formed?

Answer 12

Unconscious retention of skills, or procedures,
Its formed by Automatic processing which is unconscious incidental information or well learned information.

Question 13

What is iconic memory?

Answer 13

Momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli

Question 14

What are the kinds of sensory memories?

Answer 14

Iconic and Echoic

Question 15

What is Echoic memory?

Answer 15

momentary sensory memory of auditory stimulus

Question 16

How short is our short term memory?

Answer 16

We usually can remember either 7 +/- 2 things.
ex) I remember 5 items off a list, and my friend remembers 9.

Question 17

What are some effortful processing strategies?

Answer 17

1) Chunking
2) Mnemonics
3) Hierarchies

Question 18

What is Chunking?

Answer 18

Organizing information into familiar, managable groups

Question 19

What are Mnemonics?

Answer 19

using imagery or organizational devices

Question 20

What are Hierarchies?

Answer 20

Composed of a few broad concepts divided into narrow facts

Question 21

What are some ways to have distributed practice?

Answer 21

1) Spacing Effect
2) Testing Effect

Question 22

What is the spacing effect?

Answer 22

Studying for a few minutes everyday induces better retention

Question 23

What is the testing effect?

Answer 23

frequently testing yourself after studying to enhance retention