Lesson 1: Memory

Question 1

Cognitive psychology

Answer 1

Concerned with people’s thought processes and how these affect the way in which they behave

Question 2

Memory

Answer 2

Process of retaining learned information and accessing this information when needed.

Question 3

Process: coding

Answer 3

The way information is changed so that it can be stored in the memory

Question 4

Process: storage

Answer 4

Keeping information within the memory system until it is needed

Question 5

Process: retrieval

Answer 5

Recovering information stored in the memory system when needed

Question 6

Memory stores: Sensory register

Answer 6

The SR contains unprocessed impressions of information received through the senses. It has a separate sensory store for each sensory output.
E.g. iconic store- visual
Echoic store- auditory

Question 7

Memory store: Short-term memory

Answer 7

Temporary store for information received from the SR

Question 8

Memory store- Long-term memory

Answer 8

Permanent store holding limitless amounts of information for long periods of time, potentially a lifetime

Question 9

What does STM differ from LTM in terms of?

Answer 9

Coding, capacity, duration and how information is lost

Question 10

Capacity

Answer 10

The amount of information that can be held in memory before new incoming information displaces it

Question 11

Duration

Answer 11

The amount of time information can be held in a memory store before it lost due to decay