key terms

Question 1

encoding

Answer 1

info is changed from one form to another so it can be stored

Question 1

storage

Answer 1

how much your memory can hold

Question 2

retrieval

Answer 2

process of accessing information from your brain

Question 3

sensory memory

Answer 3

large capacity, short duration, coding from 5 senses

Question 4

short term memory

Answer 4

limited capacity, limited duration, coding acoustic (sound)

Question 5

long term memory

Answer 5

large capacity, long duration, coding is semantic (meaning)

Question 6

episodic memory

Answer 6

personal events, eg your birthday

Question 7

semantic memory

Answer 7

knowledge of the world (facts)

Question 8

procedural memory

Answer 8

knowledge of how to do things

Question 9

duration

Answer 9

how long something lasts for

Question 10

capacity

Answer 10

amount of info stored

Question 11

multi-store model

Answer 11

model of memory with 3 separate stores, overemphasis on the role of rehearsal

Question 12

chunking

Answer 12

breaking words/letters down into chunks to help memory

Question 13

recency effect

Answer 13

words at the end of the list will be remembered as they have been heard most recently

Question 14

primacy effect

Answer 14

words at start of the list are remembered as they have been well rehearsed

Question 15

serial position effect

Answer 15

describes tendency for people to recall first and last words in a list best. It is the position of the words that influences their likely recall

Question 16

reconstructive memory

Answer 16

fragments of stored info is reassembled during recall as the gaps are filled in using experience

Question 17

interference

Answer 17

forgetting may occur if two memories compete with each other

Question 18

context

Answer 18

situation in which something happens, can act as a cue for recall

Question 19

false memories

Answer 19

a memory which did not happen but which feels is a true memory