Remembering - Basolateral amygdala - Dual process theory

9 important questions on Remembering - Basolateral amygdala - Dual process theory

Which two processes does the dual process theory describe?

1. Recollection
2. Familiarity

Explain the characteristics of the recollection process

Controlled, conscious retrieval, associative, all-or-none

Explain the characterisitics of the familiarity process

Automatic, non-associative, gradual phenomenon
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Why is testing for familiarity difficult?

Because it often depends on the confidence of the participant, instead of the real familiarity response.

Which four types of responses to recognition exist? Explain them.

1. Hit
2. Miss
3. Correct rejection
4. False alarm

Why is hits vs misses better than hit vs correct rejection?

Because with hit vs miss you only have old memories.

Why don't people more often use this hit vs miss?

Because you have to make the task very difficult, then there is a high chance people won't perform above chance level and then you have nothing because you can throw away your data.

What is the butcher-on-the-bus phenomenon?

Recognizing someone, without being able to remember contextual information.

Which two processes are thought to underlie the butcher-on-the-bus phenomenon?

1. Initial familiarity response
2. Context retrieval

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