After studying this chapter, you should be able to do the following:
- Discuss the reconstructive nature of memory and the role of confabulation.
- Compare recognition, recall, priming, relearning, and explicit and implicit memory.
- Compare and contrast the information-processing and parallel distributed processing models of memory.
- Describe the "three-box model" of memory and explain its components.
- Identify the role, characteristics and limitation of the sensory register, short-term memory and long-term memory.
- Distinguish among procedural, declarative, semantic, and episodic memories.
- Identify strategies for enhancing memory.
- Summarize current findings about the physiological processes involved in memory.
- List and explain reasons for forgetting.
- Describe the relationship between a person's "life story" and actual memories, including which memories are most likely to be trustworthy.
