Retrieval & Combating Forgetting - Chapter 7

Question 1

Retrieval

Answer 1

1. Recognition
2. Recall

Question 2

Recognition

Answer 2

Identifying a stimulus or piece of information when it is presented

Question 3

Recall

Answer 3

Retrieving information when asked, but without the information being present
- Free vs. cued recall

Question 4

Encoding Specificity Principle

Answer 4

• Retrieval is most effective
  when it occurs in the same
  context as encoding
  
  • Context-dependent learning
  • State-dependent learning
  • Mood-dependent learning
  • Context-dependent forgetting
  • Context-reinstatement effect

Question 5

Hermann Ebbinghaus (Forgetting Curve)

Answer 5

Demonstrated the forgetting curve by measuring his own recall for words

Question 6

Improving Memory

Answer 6

1. Mnemonics
2. Dual Coding
3. Cue overload
4. Method of loci

Question 7

Mnemonics

Answer 7

• Techniques that are
  intended to improve memory for specific
  information
• Acronyms
  
  • ROYGBIV
• First letter technique
  
  • Treble clef

Question 8

Dual Coding

Answer 8

• Occurs when information
  is stored in more than one form
  
  • Alphabet song

Question 9

Cue overload

Answer 9

Using visual imagery

Question 10

Method of loci

Answer 10

Connects items to be remembered to locations along a familiar path

Question 11

Importance of Organization

Answer 11

Mnemonics, deep processing, and elaborative
rehearsal all contribute to
the organization of memories