PSYC 1100 EXAM 3 - UCONN | QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS | 2026 UPDATE | 100% CORRECT.
stage theory (types of memory, length + storage capacity) Answer - long term
and short term memory
LT: Relatively permanent, infinite storage
ST: Seconds to minutes, there are 7 (+/- 2) chunks/packets of information
What is the flow of information in memory? Answer - Stimulus --> STM -->
rehearsal --> LTM
What are the kinds of rehearsal in memory? Answer - maintenance: holds info
in the ST memory
elaborative: moves info into the LT memory.
serial position effect Answer - our tendency to recall best the last and first
items in a list
primacy effect Answer - the first part of a list is recalled better than the
middle; recalled from LT memory
to reduce primacy, present words faster
, recency effect Answer - the last part of a list is recalled better than the middle;
recalled from ST memory
to reduce recency, have distractions in between groups of words (ex. pause in
the middle of reading)
psychological code in STM and LTM (what they're based on, how they might
manifest when confused) Answer - - STM: phonological - based on speech
sounds
(ex. confuse boat vs coat)
- LTM: semantic - based on meaning
(ex. confuse boat vs ship)
neural code in STM and LTM Answer - - STM: dynamic - pattern of activity
among a group of cells
- LTM: structural - pattern of connections within a group of cells
trace consolidation Answer - What goes on during elaborative rehearsal; a
memory trace changes from a dynamic to a structural pattern
amnesia Answer - loss of memory due to an interruption of the consolidation
process
retrograde = forgetting events before trauma
anterograde = forgetting events after trauma
ANSWERS | 2026 UPDATE | 100% CORRECT.
stage theory (types of memory, length + storage capacity) Answer - long term
and short term memory
LT: Relatively permanent, infinite storage
ST: Seconds to minutes, there are 7 (+/- 2) chunks/packets of information
What is the flow of information in memory? Answer - Stimulus --> STM -->
rehearsal --> LTM
What are the kinds of rehearsal in memory? Answer - maintenance: holds info
in the ST memory
elaborative: moves info into the LT memory.
serial position effect Answer - our tendency to recall best the last and first
items in a list
primacy effect Answer - the first part of a list is recalled better than the
middle; recalled from LT memory
to reduce primacy, present words faster
, recency effect Answer - the last part of a list is recalled better than the middle;
recalled from ST memory
to reduce recency, have distractions in between groups of words (ex. pause in
the middle of reading)
psychological code in STM and LTM (what they're based on, how they might
manifest when confused) Answer - - STM: phonological - based on speech
sounds
(ex. confuse boat vs coat)
- LTM: semantic - based on meaning
(ex. confuse boat vs ship)
neural code in STM and LTM Answer - - STM: dynamic - pattern of activity
among a group of cells
- LTM: structural - pattern of connections within a group of cells
trace consolidation Answer - What goes on during elaborative rehearsal; a
memory trace changes from a dynamic to a structural pattern
amnesia Answer - loss of memory due to an interruption of the consolidation
process
retrograde = forgetting events before trauma
anterograde = forgetting events after trauma
