Learning and memory chpt 7 & 8 quiz
Episodic
1. Betty is attending her 20 year high school reunion. She reconnects with her pack of best friends Sue, Jean, and Wilma. Together they all reminisce about the time they went on the senior cruise and how much fun they had. This is an example of EPISODIC memory.
Episodic
1. EPISODIC memories related to the remembering of personal experiences and/or events.
Explicit
1. EXPLICIT memory is the long term, purposeful, conscious remembering of learned information. You are using this type of memory right now trying to figure out the answer to this question.
Implicit
1. IMPLICIT memory is the long term, unconscious remembering of information. It relates to automatic behavior that comes naturally without purposefully thinking about it. Examples include driving a car, riding a bike, playing a piano, and playing basketball.
Procedural
1. Keisha is 4 years old and learning to write her ABC's, first she must learn how to grasp the pencil correctly, then she must learn how to form the letters legibly. Eventually she will learn to write without having to think about it. This is an example of PROCEDURAL memory.
Implicit
1. Leon learned to ride a bike when he was 9 years old. He is now 25 and has not ridden a bike for many years. Friends ask him to go on a bike ride. He happily hops on the bike and rides off with them. Leon is using IMPLICIT memory.
Semantic
1. Logan is in his math class, the teacher calls on him and asks him the answer to the following question: 5 x 5 =? Logan responds with the correct answer of 25. What type of memory is Logan using? SEMANTIC
Procedural
1. PROCEDURAL memory is a subcategory to the type identified in question three, it involves learning new skills such as playing a guitar, writing the ABC's, and roller skating.
Explicit
1. Rob is playing Trivial Pursuit. The question he must answer requires him to consciously and purposely think back to information he learned in 5th grade science class in order to answer correctly. This is an example of EXPLICIT memory.
Semantic
1. SEMANTIC memory examples include remembering facts such as 3+2=5, naming the third president of the United States, and knowing all of the state capitols.
Briefly answer the following questions: 1. Compare and contrast explicit and implicit memory. Give examples of each. 2. Discuss how procedural and implicit memory are related. 3. Describe the differences between Semantic and Episodic memories.
Holding on to explicit memories takes effort, you have to work for it. Whereas implicit memories are unconscious memories that one holds onto due to past experiences. Remembering the lyrics to your favorite song would be effortless, thus implicit, but do to certain tasks such as doctors appointments or running errands, that would be explicit. Procedural memories are a part of implicit memories, that both take little to no effort to hold onto. For instance once you learn to speak, throughout your life those memories are stored, but you do not have to work effortless to retrieve and use that information, it just comes naturally. Episodic memory includes one's personal experiences and recalling that information whereas semantic memory does not include personal experiences, and is based on factual knowledge and ideas relevant to many if not all people. It is just information on its on, not formed based on own personal elements.
