By Jhonny Flaco

UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES

New Vocabulary Definitions
encode (P1; L1)

Store/ storage (P1; L1)

Retrieve/ retrieval (P1; L2)

Multistore (P2; L)

Cluster (P3; L8)

Sensory (P4; L2)

Short-lived (P4; L5)

Recognition (Vocabulary box, page 42)

Dj vu (P6; L2)

Filter (P7; L2)

Short-term(P8; L2)

Chunks /Chunking (Vocabulary box on

page 44)
DEPARTAMENTO DE LENGUAJES Y ESTUDIOS SOCIOCULTURALES
Leng-1104 Section __ Name _______________________________ Unit 2-WORKSHOP

Reading Text: Memory

1. Find the definitions of these words and consider the context in which they are in
the text: P=Paragraph; L=line

2. Complete the following sentences using the word from the new
vocabulary list that best completes every sentence:
_________________ is a process by which individual pieces of information
are bound together into a meaningful whole.
I entered the room and immediately felt a sense of _________________.
_________________is a biological event beginning with perception
through the senses.
College was not very interesting to me, and after a _________________
career in journalism, I grew bored with that as well.
There was a _________________ of tourists at the gate
He says he can go in his mind and _________________ any piece of
information he may need from his memory.
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The children need some _________________ stimulation besides TV.
Those are digital _________________ that stop high-frequency sounds

3. Complete the following graphics on Multistore Model of Memory:

Multistore Model of Memory

Three stages and interacting memories
1 2 3
Brief definition: Brief definition: Brief definition:

4. Answer the following questions: Paragraph= P / Line= L

Where is the first stop of information in our memory? P 4
________________________________________________________________________
How long does information in the Sensory Register live/stay average? P
4
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What type of information is usually part of the Sensory Register? P 4
________________________________________________________________________
What is one possible explanation of how the Dj vu phenomenon
occur? P 6/ L 1-6
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What are some more difficult explanations to prove as to what dj vu
is? P 6/ L 10-13
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What is one function of the Sensory Register? P 7
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Use your own words to explain the following statement: Processing
everything detected by our senses, including irrelevancies, would lead
to inefficiency and frustration P 7/ L4-5
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Where is the second stop of information in our memory? P 8
________________________________________________________________________
How long does information in Short-term Memory live/stay average? P
8
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What type of information is usually part of Short-term Memory? P 8/ L
7-9
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Why is Short-term Memory sometimes called active or working
memory? P 10 L 3-9
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How do you explain that it is easier for us to learn and/or remember a
date like 1992 and acronyms like FBI, ONU than learning and/or
remembering 9214 and BIF, NUO? P 13/ L 3-11
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How does Rehearsal help memory? P 15 /
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What is the Serial Position Effect? P 16
________________________________________________________________________
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What is the final stop destination of information? P 17
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What does the information stored in the Long-term Memory allow us to
do? P 17
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What is one way in which words and the concepts they represent are
stored or indexed in our memory? P 18 / L 4-8
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Which is another way in which words and the concepts they represent
are stored or indexed in our memory? P 20/ L 2-9
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According with Endel Tulving, which are the three different kinds of
information that can be stored in Long-term Memory? Explain Each one
of them:

1______________________________________________________________________
_

2______________________________________________________________________
_

3______________________________________________________________________
_

What are some examples of Procedural memories?

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What are some examples of Semantic memories?
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What are some examples of Episodic memories?
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