3.3 memory

Question 1

Describe the term ‘selective memory’

Answer 1

The receptors in our sense organs are continually picking up stimuli and transmitting sensory impulses to the brain so that only a fraction of sensory images become committed to memory

Question 2

Describe encoding

Answer 2

sensory image must be converted into a form that the brain can process and store.

Question 3

describe storage

Answer 3

retaining the information over a period of time.

Question 4

describe retaining

Answer 4

the ability to recall or recognise what has been learned or
experienced.

Question 5

describe retrieval

Answer 5

recovery of the stored material from either the short-term or long-term memory.

Question 6

what happens to info as it enters the brain

Answer 6

it passes through sensory memory and if selected will enter STM. From there it is either discarded or transferred to LTM

Question 7

what is the serial disposition effect?

Answer 7

when a number of items such as a list of words is remembered, those which arrive first and those which arrive last are remembered best than those in between due to displacement and decay.

Question 8

Describe two ways to enhance STM

Answer 8

rehearsal - repeatedly going over the items presented, extending the timespan of the info retention until the y become stored in LTM.
chunking - grouping the items in a meaningful way