6C/D Episodic & Semantic Memory / Mnemonics

An essential difference between semantic and episodic memories is that

• Semantic memories are the same for everyone; episodic are personal experiences

• You can verbalise a semantic memory but it is harder to put an episodic memory into words

• Semantic memories are personal experiences; episodic are the same for everyone

• You can verbalise an episodic memory but it is harder to put a semantic memory into words

The area of the brain that is associated with memory that is most likely to be affected by Alzheimer's disease is that

• substantia nigra

• hippocampus

• cerebellum

• amygdala

Retrieval of autobiographical events involves

• procedural and episodic memory

• episodic and factual memory

• episodic and semantic memory

• semantic and prospective memory

In order for a group o friends to discuss and picture what they want to be doing in the future as they get close to retirement as well as activities and places for future gathering, they need to use _______ and rely on their _______.

• visual imagery; echoic sensory memor

• echoic input; procedural memory

• mental imagery; explicit autobiographical episodic and semantic memory

• mental imagery; implicit memory

Which of the following provides 2 correct statements about Alzheimer's disease?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Aphantasia is

• an inability to form mental imagery

• an inability to represent the size, location and position of objects in relation to each other

• a condition that significantly impairs everyday functioning

• a condition that impairs all forms of memory

Michael knows most of the names of his classmates in math class.  The seating is assigned, and he has learned to associate their names based on their location.  This type of mnemonic is known as:

• Songline

• acrostic

• acroynm

• method of loci

An abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word, example: NASA

• mnemonics

• acrostic

• acronym

• method of loci

Which of the following is not true for Songlines used by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures?

• strongly relies on written invormation

• it is based on an oral tradition

• stores multimodal information related to landcape which has been passed on for over 50,000 years

• they are sung narratives linked to landscape features and information about plants, climate, animals and human beings and their culture

Which mnemonic device would be most difficult for someone with aphantasia to use?

• acronym

• acrostic

• abbreviation

• method of loci