3.2 Perception And Memory

Question 1

Difference between the distance from an image to one eye and the other

Answer 1

Binocular disparity

Question 2

Method for the expansion of the STM span

Answer 2

Chunking

Question 3

Aids to the retrieval of information from LTM

Answer 3

Contextual cues

Question 4

Degradation of quality of STM

Answer 4

Decay

Question 5

Use of semantic methods of transfer of information to LTM

Answer 5

Deep (elaborative) processing

Question 6

Loss of items from STM

Answer 6

Displacement

Question 7

Method of encouraging transfer of information to LTM by adding meaning

Answer 7

Elaboration

Question 8

Memories related to feelings

Answer 8

Emotional memories

Question 9

Memory of an event

Answer 9

Episodic memory

Question 10

Process that can assist optimum perception in uncertain situations

Answer 10

Inference

Question 11

Receives information from short-term memory and stores in permanently

Answer 11

Long-term memory

Question 12

Capacity of short-term memory for items

Answer 12

Memory span

Question 13

Method of encouraging transfer of information to LTM by adding structure

Answer 13

Organisation

Question 14

Capacity to take in and make sense of sensory information

Answer 14

Perception

Question 15

Capacity to appreciate the unchanging dimensions of an object as it moves

Answer 15

Perceptual constancy

Question 16

Factors influencing perception, including experience, context and expectation

Answer 16

Perceptual set

Question 17

Memory related to a skill

Answer 17

Procedural memory

Question 18

Practise by repetition of an item of information

Answer 18

Rehearsal

Question 19

Recall of information from memory

Answer 19

Retrieval

Question 20

Capacity to distinguish between an object and its background

Answer 20

Segregation of objects

Question 21

Memory of the meaning of something

Answer 21

Semantic memory

Question 22

Storage of sensory input that lasts a few seconds

Answer 22

Sensory memory

Question 23

Capacity to recall items presented in a sequence

Answer 23

Serial position effect

Question 24

Use of non-semantic methods of transfer of information to LTM

Answer 24

Shallow processing

Question 25

Receives information from sensory memory and has a limited span

Answer 25

Short-term memory (STM)

Question 26

Memory of where something is located

Answer 26

Spatial memory