Lesson 1: Memory

Question 1

What is cognitive psychology?

Answer 1

It is concerned with people’s thought processes and how these affect the way in which they behave.

Question 2

What are the processes in memory?

Answer 2

Coding
Storage
Retrieval

Question 3

What is coding?

Answer 3

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

Question 4

What is storage?

Answer 4

Keeping information within the memory system until it is needed

Question 5

What is retrieval?

Answer 5

Recovering information stored in the memory system when it is required

Question 6

What are the memory stores?

Answer 6

Sensory Register, Short-Term Memory, Long-Term Memory

Question 7

What is the Sensory Register (SR)?

Answer 7

Contains unprocessed impressions of information received through the senses
It has a separate sensory store for each sensory input
Iconic store for visuals, echoic store for auditory

Question 8

What is Short-Term Memory (STM)?

Answer 8

Temporary store for information received at the SR

Question 9

What is Long-Term Memory (LTM)?

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Define capacity.

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Define duration.

Answer 11

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