Chapter 6
Memory

Learning Objectives for Chapter 6:
  1. Define memory.
  2. Summarize the processes of encoding, storage, and retrieval.
  3. Explain constructive and reconstructive memory, and relate how the latter process might account for inaccurate memories.
  4. Describe the multistore model of memory.
  5. Discuss sensory memory, including its capacity and duration.
  6. Describe short-term memory and how long information is represented in STM.
  7. Name and describe the possible types and subtypes of long-term memory.
  8. Explain the controversy surrounding "repressed" memories.
  9. Describe the neuronal changes that take place as memories are formed.
  10. Discuss the findings of recent brain imaging studies regarding the physiology of memory.
  11. Contrast elaborative rehearsal with maintenance rehearsal as a means of encoding information into long-term memory.
  12. Describe the differences and similarities between recall and recognition; discuss which method more sensitively measures memory.
  13. Define implicit measures of retention, such as relearning; explain what they tell us about LTM.
  14. Describe how the context in which information is encoded affects the ability to retrieve that information, and explain the encoding specificity principle and state-dependent memory.
  15. Define meaningfulness, and explain how it relates to retrieval.
  16. Summarize narrative chaining, mental imagery, and the method of loci as mnemonic devices that aid memory.
  17. Define schemas, and explain how they affect retrieval.
  18. Explain overlearning, massed practice, and distributed practice, and describe their effects on the ability to retrieve.
  19. Distinguish between retroactive and proactive interference.