Cognition -  PSY 340- Learning Objectives

Acquisition and Retrieval


Define and give examples of state dependent learning.

Explain state dependent learning in terms of the principle by which most mnemonics work.

Describe an experiment illustrating encoding specificity.

State examples of recall tests versus recognition tests.

Explain the difference between a sense of familiarity and a source memory.

Compare implicit memory to explicit memory in terms of the effects of perceptual experience on memory.

Describe three ways of testing implicit memory.

Describe the experimental evidence for the effects of implicit memory.

Define source confusion.

Define processing fluency.

Distinguish between perceptual fluency and conceptual fluency in terms of what they depend on.

Distinguish between procedural and declarative knowledge.

Define a "process pure laboratory task".

Distinguish between retrograde and anterograde amnesia.

Describe Korsakoff's amnesia in terms of its effects on explicit and implicit memory.