Intro To Memory

Question 1

What is encoding?

Answer 1

Transfer of sensory info into a CODE that the brain can use and store as a memory trace

Question 2

Name the 3 types of codes

Answer 2

ACOUSTIC code
VISUAL code
SEMANTIC code

Question 3

What is an acoustic code?

Answer 3

Involve sounds and are used to remember spoken language

Question 4

What are visual codes?

Answer 4

Are used to remember a FACE or a PIC of a SCENE

Question 5

What are semantic codes?

Answer 5

Represent input in terms of their MEANING; when we hear a story we do not remember it word for word but we retain its essential meaning

Question 6

What is storage?

Answer 6

RETAINING the info we have encoded

Question 7

Name the 3 types of storage

Answer 7

SENSORY
STM
LTM

Question 8

What is retrieval?

Answer 8

RECOVERING the stored info (REMEMBERING)

Question 9

What are the 3 types of retrieval?

Answer 9

FREE recall
CUED recall
RECOGNITION

Question 10

What is free recall?

Answer 10

When we simply REMEMBER info e.g recalling as many words as possible from a list

Question 11

What is cued recall?

Answer 11

When something acts as a TRIGGER for stored info e.g recalling a word from a particular position in a list

Question 12

What is recognition?

Answer 12

Where we IDENTIFY info PREVIOUSLY LEARNED e.g ability to recognise words I a list even if we cannot recall them

Question 13

Define memory

Answer 13

Process by which we RETAIN info about events that have happened in the PAST