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Short Term
Working Memory
Memory Stores
Declarative and Non declarative Memory
Misc.
100
primary memory
What is short term memory referred to?
100
refers to the amount of information we can hold in mind while performing some type of operation on it
What is working memory?
100
information is the second step as information is held for several seconds and either discarded or encoded in storage
What is short term store?
100
explicit memory
What is declarative memory also called?
100
remembering to do something later or in the future
What is prospective memory?
200
the ability to hold information in mind for a brief amount of time
What is short term memory?
200
true
true or false: You can use the digit span test on working memory
200
Long term memory, information stays there for years
What is long term store?
200
knowledge that is available to conscious awareness and can be directly assessed by tests of recall
What is declarative memory?
200
Cognitive
Solving problems and making decisions are complex ___ skills
300
digit span task
What test is short term memory assessed by?
300
Contrast
Primary memory is in ___ to working memory
300
information is picked up by the senses and processed briefly by the perceptual system
What is the sensory store?
300
our knowledge of language, rules, and concepts
What is semantic memory?
300
choice
What is one type of decision adults are frequently required to make?
400
the experimenter reads an arranged set of numbers at about 1 second per number and the person must repeat them at the end in exact order
What is the digit span task?
400
small
digit span shows ___ declines with age through the 70's and 80's
400
referring to memories for facts and events that can be evaluated
What is declarative memory?
400
the ability to recall events
What is episodic memory?
400
the idea that as we age our lives change
What is adaptive nature of cognition?
500
3
how many "Stores" are there?
500
substantial
Test of working memory show more of a _____ decline with age
500
referring to memories for procedures that are not generally available for conscious awareness.
What is non declarative memory?
500
word-finding failures.
What is one exception to the rule of semantic memory
500
failure to come up with "the name of the actor who used to be on Star Trek"
Give me an example of name retrieval failure