Keyterms

Question 1

Processing

Answer 1

Operations we perform on information in the brain

Question 2

Input

Answer 2

information we receive from our environment

Question 3

Encoding

Answer 3

Changing information into a form which can be used and stored by the brain

Question 4

Acoustic encoding

Answer 4

Storing sounds in our memory

Question 5

Visual encoding

Answer 5

Storing visual information in our memory

Question 6

Semantic encoding

Answer 6

Storing information in our memory

Question 7

Output

Answer 7

Stored information that we retrieve (for ex. behavioural response)

Question 8

Retrieval

Answer 8

the process of recalling stored memories

Question 9

Short term memory

Answer 9

initial memory store that is temporary and limited

Question 10

Long term Memory

Answer 10

memory store that holds limitless amounts of information for a lifetime

Question 11

Duration

Answer 11

length of time information can be stored in the STM and LTM

Question 12

Capacity

Answer 12

amount of information that can be stored in STM and LTM

Question 13

Displacement

Answer 13

the STM gets full and new info pushes out old info

Question 14

Interference

Answer 14

when new information overwrites the old information

Question 15

Amnesia

Answer 15

memory loss after an accident or an injury

Question 16

Anterograde Amnesia

Answer 16

a memory condition in which new long term memories cannot be made

Question 17

Retrograde Amnesia

Answer 17

a memory condition in which the patient cannot recall events prior to the injury

Question 18

Active Reconstruction

Answer 18

Interpretation or reconstruction of events that is influenced by our schemas

Question 19

Schemas

Answer 19

Packet of information of a person, event or a place that influences how we perceive and remeber