PSYC 4030 : EXAM 2 Psyc
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Recognition test is where you"re given some info and asked if you remember this or not ex is multiple choice what you"re supposed to remember; most often. Recall: you have to bring the info back. Cued recall: given some of the info and you have to produce the other part; ex is word pairs (given one and have to recall the other); ex: fill in the blank. Free recall: just given very general info about it is time based recall; ex: given a list of words and have to recall them all; essay question is ex. Initially, memories are more transient (fragile) and this state lasts for several hours after encoding (shorter-term memory). Consolidation is the transition to a more stable state of the memory (longer-term memory). This process requires protein synthesis and takes hours to complete; sleep helps with this process. The effect on fear conditioning of injecting anisomycin.
