Fall, 2014
PSY 111
Assignment 7—Chapter 4: Memory
10 points
Part I: How do we Remember?
Answer the following as completely and accurately as possible:
What are the 3 basic memory processes? How does each work to permit memory? (2.5
points)
The 3 basic processes are encoding, storage and retrieval. The brain encodes when it
receives sensory information. Once encoding is complete, we have a memory stored in our
brain. Recall is the process of accessing the information that has been stored in our brains
in the form of long-term memories.
Part II: Types of Memories
For each item below, tell me whether it’s an example of episodic (E), semantic (S), or
procedural (P) memory (0.75 points for each correct answer).
•Remembering how to ride a bike procedural
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•Remembering your English professor from last semester procedural
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•Remembering that a noun is a person, place, or thing semantic
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•Remembering how to write the letter “A” procedural
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•Remembering the summer, you read your first “Harry Potter” book episodic
Part III: Memory Stores
For each item below, identify whether it describes sensory memory (SM),
short-term/working memory (STM/WM), or long-term memory (LTM) (0.75 points for
each correct answer).
•Limited capacity of about 7 different items short term memory
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•Holds visual images for about 1-2 seconds sensory memory
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•Items are lost in about 18 seconds unless rehearsed short term memory
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•Has subparts, such as episodic and semantic memory long term memory
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•Information stored here just long enough to select the
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most important information for additional processing. Sensory memory