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)
, PSYC 1100 EXAM 3 - UCONN | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
2026 UPDATE | 100% CORRECT.
- 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
Henry Molaison - (answer)removal of hippocampus, could not commit anything to long term memory
(anterograde amnesia)
forgetting in the ST vs. LT - (answer)STM: Displacement/decay
LTM: Misplacement/retrieval failure
proactive interference - (answer)old information interferes with the new
retroactive interference - (answer)new information interferes with the old
Working memory - (answer)the short term memory is not for storage alone, but is rather more like a
cognitive 'workbench' for construction.
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)
, PSYC 1100 EXAM 3 - UCONN | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
2026 UPDATE | 100% CORRECT.
- 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
Henry Molaison - (answer)removal of hippocampus, could not commit anything to long term memory
(anterograde amnesia)
forgetting in the ST vs. LT - (answer)STM: Displacement/decay
LTM: Misplacement/retrieval failure
proactive interference - (answer)old information interferes with the new
retroactive interference - (answer)new information interferes with the old
Working memory - (answer)the short term memory is not for storage alone, but is rather more like a
cognitive 'workbench' for construction.
