3.2 Perception And Memory Flashcards
Difference between the distance from an image to one eye and the other
Binocular disparity
Method for the expansion of the STM span
Chunking
Aids to the retrieval of information from LTM
Contextual cues
Degradation of quality of STM
Decay
Use of semantic methods of transfer of information to LTM
Deep (elaborative) processing
Loss of items from STM
Displacement
Method of encouraging transfer of information to LTM by adding meaning
Elaboration
Memories related to feelings
Emotional memories
Memory of an event
Episodic memory
Process that can assist optimum perception in uncertain situations
Inference
Receives information from short-term memory and stores in permanently
Long-term memory
Capacity of short-term memory for items
Memory span
Method of encouraging transfer of information to LTM by adding structure
Organisation
Capacity to take in and make sense of sensory information
Perception
Capacity to appreciate the unchanging dimensions of an object as it moves
Perceptual constancy
Factors influencing perception, including experience, context and expectation
Perceptual set
Memory related to a skill
Procedural memory
Practise by repetition of an item of information
Rehearsal
Recall of information from memory
Retrieval
Capacity to distinguish between an object and its background
Segregation of objects
Memory of the meaning of something
Semantic memory
Storage of sensory input that lasts a few seconds
Sensory memory
Capacity to recall items presented in a sequence
Serial position effect
Use of non-semantic methods of transfer of information to LTM
Shallow processing
Receives information from sensory memory and has a limited span
Short-term memory (STM)
Memory of where something is located
Spatial memory
