Key Concepts Flashcards
What is processing?
Operations performed on sensory info in the brain.
What is input/output?
Input - receiving sensory info from surroundings.
Output - info recalled
What is storage?
Retention of info in memory.
What is encoding?
Turning sensory info into memories that can be used and stored in the brain.
What is acoustic encoding?
Process of storing sound in our memories
What is visual encodig?
Process of storing sights in our memories
What is semantic encoding?
Process of storing meaning of info in our memories.
What is duration?
Length of time info can be stored
What is capacity?
Amount of info that can be stored
What is rehearsal?
Repeating info over and over again to remember it.
What is interference?
New memories interfere with retrieval of old by overwriting them
What is retreival?
Recall of stored memories
