Lessons 1 - Memory

Question 1

Cognitive Psychology

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Memory

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Coding

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Storage

Answer 4

Keeping information within the memory system until it is needed

Question 5

Retrieval

Answer 5

Recovering information stored in the memory system when it is required

Question 6

Sensory Register

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Short Term Memory

Answer 7

Temporary store for information received from the sensory register

Question 8

Long Term Memory

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Capacity

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Displacement

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Duration

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Decay

Answer 12

Fading away of information from a memory store