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Question 1

Appeared in Year: 2018

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Demonstrate the importance of shallow and deep levels of processing in remembering. With the help of daily life examples, explain how retrieval cues enable us to remember. (Section A)

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Explanation

Attention

  • Attention to a given stimulus is important for encoding the information.
  • It depends on which aspect of stimulus the individual focuses.
  • The process of remembering is influenced by the quality of attention.
  • In an influential theoretical treatise, Fergus Craik and Robert Lockhart (1972) proposed that incoming information can be processed at dif…

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Question 2

Appeared in Year: 2018

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“Human memory is not like information stored in a tape recorder or compact disc” . Critically evaluate the statement. (Section A)

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Human Memory

  • Sternberg defined memory as the means by which we draw on our past experiences in order to use this information in the present.
  • Different types of memories are explained in the table given below:
Different Types of Memories

Different Views

  • There are different views regarding the recall or reconstruction of human memory system. Some psycholo…

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Question 3

Appeared in Year: 2017

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Explain the differences in information processing at various levels of memory. In what way is recall affected by initial processing of information? (Paper 1)

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Information Processing at Various Levels of Memory

  • The process through which learning occurs is discussed under information processing theory. To be more brief, information-processing theory analyses the encoding and retrieval of information in the memory. According to information processing theory, human memory system works like a computer or infor…

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Question 4

Appeared in Year: 2017

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Explain the role of meaningfulness and emotional arousal in encoding. Discuss the implications of encoding specificity principle. (Paper 1)

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Meaningfulness and Emotional Arousal in Encoding

  • Encoding the information, storing the information, and retrieving information are the basic functions of human memory system. Encoding information refers to the act of getting information in to our memory system through automatics or effortful processing.
    • Meaningfulness of the content has to a lot with…

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Question 5

Appeared in Year: 2017

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Why do we forget? Differentiate between anterograde and retrograde amnesia. (Paper 1)

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Elizabeth Loftus

Elizabeth Loftus, has identified four major reasons why people forget: retrieval failure, interference, failure to store, and motivated forgetting.

Reasons for Forgetfuln ESS

Retrieval Failure: Decay Theory Explains About Retrieval Failure

  • According to decay theory, a memory trace is created every time a new theory is formed.
  • Decay theo…

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Question 6

Appeared in Year: 2016

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Explain the phenomenon of explicit and implicit memory. Also critically evaluate Tulving՚s model of long-term memory.

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Memory

  • Memory can be defined as the mental system for receiving, encoding, storing, organizing, altering, and retrieving information.
  • Mainly there are three-memory system, which acts like information processing in computer.
  • Firstly, the information is encoded. Then the encoded information is stored in memory system. This stored information can be retr…

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