Section 2, Lesson Two: Long-Term Memory

Question 1

How is long-term memory different from short-term memory?

Answer 1

LTM stores information for long periods; STM holds information briefly.

Question 2

What is the serial position curve (Murdoch, 1962)?

Answer 2

Better recall for early (primacy) and late (recency) list items than middle items.

Question 3

What is the primacy effect?

Answer 3

Better recall of items at the beginning of a list.

Question 4

What is the recency effect?

Answer 4

Better recall of items at the end of a list.

Question 5

What is visual coding?

Answer 5

Encoding information as visual images.

Question 6

What is auditory coding?

Answer 6

Encoding information as sounds, including spoken words.

Question 7

What is semantic coding?

Answer 7

Encoding information by meaning.

Question 8

What is proactive interference?

Answer 8

Old information interferes with learning/recalling new information.

Question 9

What is recognition memory?

Answer 9

Identifying previously learned information among options.

Question 10

What is neuropsychology (in this context)?

Answer 10

Studying how brain structures support memory and what happens when they’re damaged.

Question 11

Why is the hippocampus important?

Answer 11

It is crucial for forming new memories; damage leads to major memory impairments.

Question 12

What is Tulving’s “mental time travel”?

Answer 12

The ability to vividly re-experience past events and mentally project into the future.

Question 13

What is episodic memory (LTM type)?

Answer 13

Personal experiences/events.

Question 14

What is semantic memory (LTM type)?

Answer 14

Facts and general knowledge.

Question 15

What is autobiographical memory?

Answer 15

A blend of episodic and semantic memory about one’s own life.