UNIT 1. Psychology of memory: introduction and methods

What is reductionism?

• It is a theory stated by Baddeley

• It is a strategy to study a phenomena

• It is a technique to study short term memory

What is the physiological level of study of memory research on?

• Human memory processes

• Molecules

• Neurons

What level of memory study researches particles?

• Social-psychological level

• Biochemical level

• Physical level

Who demonstrated that memory could be experimentally studied?

• Ebbinghaus

• Koffka

• Barlett

What is the total time hypothesis?

• It states that distributed practice is better than massed practice

• It states that forgetting follows a logarithmic curve

• It states that the more practice, the more learning

What is the forgetting curve?

• It states that there is a linear relationship between distractors and forgetting

• It states that most forgetting occurs just after the end of the practice

• It states that the more practice, the less forgetting

What did Ebbinghaus find about overlearning?

• It is counterproductive

• It is beneficial

• It has an impact on forgetting but not on learning

In whom did Ebbinghaus conduct his experiments?

• On himself

• In his son

• In a set of 11-year-old students

What kind of material did Ebbinghaus use?

• Black and white images

• Words in dierent languages

• Meaningless but verbal material

What is the main dierence between Ebbinghaus and Barlett?a

• The kind of MATERIAL they used

• The RECALL METHOD they used

• Both