Lessons 1 - Memory Flashcards

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Cognitive Psychology

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The scientific study of all the mental activities associated with thought processes and how these affect the way in which people behave

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Memory

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Process of retaining learned information and accessing this information when it is needed

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Coding

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

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Storage

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Keeping information within the memory system until it is needed

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Retrieval

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Recovering information stored in the memory system when it is required

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Sensory Register

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Contains unprocessed information
Separate sensory store for each sensory input:
- Iconic Store for visual information
- Echoic Store for auditory information

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Short Term Memory

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Temporary store for information received from the sensory register

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Long Term Memory

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Permanent store holding limitless amounts of information for long periods of time

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Capacity

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

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Displacement

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New information which pushes out the old information once the store reaches it’s capacity

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Duration

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

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Decay

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Fading away of information from a memory store

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