PSYCH 1100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Long-Term Memory, Sensory Memory, Long-Term Potentiation

• School: Ohio State University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 1100
• Professor: Mc Ginty Courtney

Document Summary

What are the advantages of memory: memory and the continuum of information processing. What is unique about each of these forms of memory: sensory memory, short-term memory (stm) How does working memory differ from stm: long-term memory (ltm) What are the different types of long-term memory: what is the main difference between declarative and nondeclarative memories, declarative memories be able to come up with examples of each. Priming: long-term memories and the brain. How is long-term memory organized: connectionist theories. How do we retrieve memories: retrieval from short-term memory, retrieval from long-term memory. What is source monitoring: retrieval of emotional events. Are the more accurate than regular memories: eyewitness reliability. How can memories interfere with each other: motivated forgetting. What is the biology of memory: memory at the level of the synapse. What is long term potentiation: biochemistry and memory. How can we improve memory: distributed practice over time, take tests, sleep, recite, use mnemonics.