Human Information Processing Flashcards
1
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basic model
A
stimuli
analysis
action
feedback
2
Q
motor programme and skills
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no consiconuess effort is required to contrl the actions
3
Q
Three main causes of action
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Consicous decision-making, motor programmes , reflexes
4
Q
perception
A
recieving info from the env and analyising it to make it meaningful.
5
Q
sensory memory
A
short-term memory of sensed information. Images stay shorter (1 seconds) than sounds, which is 5 seconds.
6
Q
precoding
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Selective attention, what’s an important stimuli for us
7
Q
semantic memory
A
long-term memory of usually language
8
Q
episodic memory
A
memory of events
9
Q
amnesia
A
total or partial loss of memory caused by physical injury. usually effects just the episodic memory
10
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Short-time memory duration
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up to 20 seconds
