3.3 Memory

Question 1

3 types of Memory

Answer 1

Encoding
Storage
Retrieval

Question 2

Describe encoding

Answer 2

Sensory image that is converted and processed to store.

Question 3

Describe storage

Answer 3

The retention of information over a period of time.

Question 4

Describe retrieval

Answer 4

The recovery of stored material

Question 5

3 levels of memory

Answer 5

Sensory
Short term
Long term

Question 6

How long is the sensory memory

Answer 6

Very short lived

Question 7

What dies the sensory memory involve

Answer 7

Auditory and visual stimuli

Question 8

What is the capacity of the short term memory

Answer 8

7 items

Question 9

How is the capacity of the short-term memory be improved

Answer 9

Chunking
Rehearsal

Question 10

How does chunking work?

Answer 10

A unit of information made up of several smaller units.

Question 11

How does chunking help?

Answer 11

Helps increase the number of items held in the short term memory.

Question 12

How does rehearsal work?

Answer 12

Saying it over and over

Question 13

How does the rehearsal help improve the capacity of the short-term memory?

Answer 13

Helps transfer information to long-term memory

Question 14

Describe the serial portion effect

Answer 14

Remembering the first and last items in a list better than items in the middle.

Question 15

How are items lost from the short term memory?

Answer 15

Displacement and decay

Question 16

Describe displacement

Answer 16

Older items are removed by new information

Question 17

Describe decay

Answer 17

Breakdown of information

Question 18

How does the stm perform simple cognitive tasks

Answer 18

Because of the working memory

Question 19

What is the capacity of the long term memory

Answer 19

Unlimited

Question 20

How long is information stored in the long term

Answer 20

For a long time

Question 21

3 Things

How is information transferred fro stm to the Long term memory

Answer 21

Rehearsal
Organization
Elabortation

Question 22

Describe elaboration

Answer 22

Adding more information, making it more complex

Question 23

Describe organization

Answer 23

Putting information into groups

Question 24

2 Things

How is information encoded once in the long term memory

Answer 24

Shallow
Elaborative

Question 25

What is shallow encoding

Answer 25

Repitiob of information to transfer into long term memory

Question 26

Elaborative encoding

Answer 26

Encoding by adding meaning or linking it to previous memories

Question 27

What is a contextual clue?

Answer 27

A hint that relates to the condition which were present at the time of the memory.

Question 28

What is a contextual clue?

Answer 28

A hint that relates to the condition which were present at the time of the memory.