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The term 'episodic memory' was introduced by Tulving to
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The term “episodic memory” was introduced by Tulving to refer to what he considered a uniquely human capacity— Line the ability to recollect specific past events, (5) to travel back into the past in one’s own mind—as distinct from the capacity simply to use information acquired through past experiences. Subsequently, Clayton et al. developed criteria to test for episodic (10) memory in animals. According to these criteria, episodic memories are not of individual bits of information; they involve multiple components of a single event “bound” together. Clayton sought to (15) examine evidence of scrub jays’ accurate memory of “what,”“where,” and “when” information and their binding of this information. In the wild, these birds store food for retrieval later during periods of food (20) scarcity. Clayton’s experiment required jays to remember the type, location, and freshness of stored food based on a unique learning event. Crickets were stored in one location and peanuts in another. Jays (25) prefer crickets, but crickets degrade more quickly. Clayton’s birds switched their preference from crickets to peanuts 17 once the food had been stored for a certain length of time, showing that they retain (30) information about the what, the where, and the when. Such experiments cannot, however, reveal whether the birds were reexperiencing the past when retrieving the information. Clayton acknowledged this by using the term “episodic-like” memory. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q8: The primary purpose of the passage is to A. explain how the findings of a particular experiment have been interpreted and offer an alternative interpretation B. describe a particular experiment and point out one of its limitations C. present similarities between human memory and animal memory D. point out a flaw in the argument that a certain capacity is uniquely human E. account for the unexpected behavior of animal subjects in a particular experiment
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B
(A theory and argument is mentioned, a test experiment is performed to validate the theory, and the test does not give any evidence)
The primary purpose of the passage is to A. explain how the findings of a particular experiment have been interpreted and offer an alternative interpretation (there is no alternative interpretation of the experiment) B. describe a particular experiment and point out one of its limitations (fits with my overall understanding of the passage as stated above) C. present similarities between human memory and animal memory (out of scope) D. point out a flaw in the argument that a certain capacity is uniquely human (It is never concluded that there is a flaw in the argument, its just that evidence was not found) E. account for the unexpected behavior of animal subjects in a particular experiment (this is just the last para of the essay, not the primary purpose)
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07 Jul 2008, 19:57
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The term “episodic memory” was introduced by Tulving to refer to what he considered a uniquely human capacity— Line the ability to recollect specific past events, (5) to travel back into the past in one’s own mind—as distinct from the capacity simply to use information acquired through past experiences. Subsequently, Clayton et al. developed criteria to test for episodic (10) memory in animals. According to these criteria, episodic memories are not of individual bits of information; they involve multiple components of a single event “bound” together. Clayton sought to (15) examine evidence of scrub jays’ accurate memory of “what,”“where,” and “when” information and their binding of this information. In the wild, these birds store food for retrieval later during periods of food (20) scarcity. Clayton’s experiment required jays to remember the type, location, and freshness of stored food based on a unique learning event. Crickets were stored in one location and peanuts in another. Jays (25) prefer crickets, but crickets degrade more quickly. Clayton’s birds switched their preference from crickets to peanuts 17 once the food had been stored for a certain length of time, showing that they retain (30) information about the what, the where, and the when. Such experiments cannot, however, reveal whether the birds were reexperiencing the past when retrieving the information. Clayton acknowledged this by using the term “episodic-like” memory. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q8: The primary purpose of the passage is to A. explain how the findings of a particular experiment have been interpreted and offer an alternative interpretation B. describe a particular experiment and point out one of its limitations C. present similarities between human memory and animal memory D. point out a flaw in the argument that a certain capacity is uniquely human E. account for the unexpected behavior of animal subjects in a particular experiment
uniquely human capacity—Line the ability to recollect specific past events, (5) to travel back into the past in one’s own mind—as distinct from the capacity simply to use information acquired through past experiences. Subsequently, Clayton et al. developed criteria to test for episodic (10) memory in animals
Such experiments cannot, however, reveal whether the birds were reexperiencing the past when retrieving the information. Clayton acknowledged this by using the term “episodic-like” memory
The author first talks about episodic memory in human beings. Then he talks about experiment to test episodic memory in animals. Then he describes his findings. At the end he defines a new term "episodic like memory"
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Why not D?
1. The term "episodic memory " is coined to be uniquely human by Tulving. 2. Clayton tries to test it in animals. 3. Experiment follows. 4. Clayton says experiments cannot reveal whether the birds were re-experiencing the past when retrieving the information. However, he still acknowledged this characteristic in birds as episodic memory.
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B. An experience is described, and towards the end, the author says "Such experiments cannot, however, reveal whether the birds were reexperiencing the past when retrieving the information", pointing out one of its limitations.
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