Key Words Flashcards
Omission
When we leave out familiar, irrelevant or unpleasant details when remembering something.
Familiarisation
When unfamiliar details are changed to align with our own schema
Rationalisation
We add details into our recall to give a reason for something that may or may not have originally fitted with a schema.
Active recontstruction
Interpretation of reconstruction of events that are influenced by our schema when we remember then again
Transformations
Details are changed to make them more familiar and rational
Schema
A packet of knowledge about an event, person or place that influences how we perceive and remember things
Processing
The operations we perform on sensory information in the brain
Input
For human memory this refers to the sensory information we perceive from our environment
Encoding
Turning sensory information into a form that can be stored by the brain
Output
For memory, this refers to the information we recall; in a broader sense, output can refer to behavioural response.
Retrieval
The recall of stored memories
Short term memory
Our initial memory store that is temporary and limited
Long term memory
A memory store that holds up to potentially limitless amount of information for up to a lifetime
Acoustic encoding
The process of storing sound in the memory store
Visual encoding
The process of storing something that is seen in the memory store
