CATEGORIZING DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEMORY CATEGORIZING DIFFERENT TYPES

CATEGORIZING DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEMORY

CATEGORIZING DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEMORY FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING MEMORY TASKS, MARK WHICH TYPE OF MEMORY IS REPRESENTED: Types of Memory A. Semantic memory MEMORY TASKS 1. ____ WRITING YOUR NAME B. Episodic memory 2. ____ WORDS TO THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER OR OTHER NATIONAL ANTHEM C. Working memory 3. ____ YOUR FRIEND’S BIRTHDAY PARTY FROM LAST WEEK D. Procedural memory 4. ____ FIGURING OUT A TIP FOR A WAITER E. Priming 5. ____ TYING YOUR SHOE F. Conditioning 6. ____ FLINCHING AFTER YOUR SIBLING SAYS “TITANIC” WHEN HE HAS REPEATEDLY SPLASHED YOU WITH WATER ON PREVIOUS OCCASIONS OF SAYING THIS WORD G. Prospective 7. ____ BEING FAST TO RECOGNIZE THE NAME OF A FAMOUS ARTIST WHEN YOU HAD ONLY RECENTLY HEARD THE NAME IN PASSING 8. ____ WHAT YOU ATE FOR DINNER YESTERDAY 9. ____ REMEMBERING YOU NEED TO BUY A GIFT FOR YOUR FRIEND’S BIRTHDAY PARTY TONIGHT 10. ____ REMEMBERING A PHONE NUMBER AS YOU DIAL IT

ANSWER KEY 1. D Writing your name 2. A Words to the Star Spangled Banner or other national anthem 3. B Your friend’s birthday party from last week 4. C Figuring out a tip for a waiter 5. D Tying your shoe 6. F Flinching after your sibling says “Titanic” when he has repeatedly splashed you with water on previous occasions of saying this word 7. E Being fast to recognize the name of a famous artist when you had only recently heard the name in passing 8. B What you ate for dinner yesterday 9. G Remembering you need to buy a gift for your friend’s birthday party tonight 10. C Remembering a phone number as you dial it 11. A Remembering the parts of the limbic system