L1 - Memory Flashcards
1
Q
Define cognitive psychology
A
Psychology concerned with people’s thought processes and how these affect behaviour
2
Q
Define memory
A
Process of retaining learned information, and accessing information when needed.
3
Q
Define coding
A
The way information is changed so it can be stored
4
Q
Define storage
A
Keeping information within the memory until it is needed
5
Q
Define retrieval
A
Recovering information stored in the memory until required
6
Q
Name the three types of memory stores
A
- Sensory Register: contains unprocessed impressions of information from senses. It has separate sensory stores for each sense e.g iconic for visual info
- Short Term Memory: a temporary store for information from SR
- Long Term Memory: a permanent store holding limitless amounts of information for long periods of time
7
Q
Define capacity
A
The amount of information that can be held before new information displaces it
8
Q
Define duration
A
The amount of time information can be held before it decays
9
Q
How does STM differ to LTM
A
- coding
- capacity
- duration
