M: Lesson 1: Memory

Question 1

What is Cognitive Psychology?

Answer 1

Concerned with peoples thought processes and how these affect the way in which they behave.

Question 2

What is Memory?

Answer 2

The process of retaining learned information and accessing this information when it is needed.

Question 3

What are the 3 process in memory?

Answer 3

Coding, Storage, Retrieva;

Question 4

What is Coding?

Answer 4

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

Question 5

What is Storage?

Answer 5

Keeping information within the memory system until it is needed

Question 6

What is Retrieval?

Answer 6

Recovering information stored in the memory system when it is required

Question 7

What are the 3 Memory Stores?

Answer 7

Sensory Register, Short term memory, Long term memory

Question 8

What is the SR?

Answer 8

Contains unprocessed impressions of information received through senses. It has a separate sensory store from each sensory input. e.g Iconic store for visual and echoic for auditory information.

Question 9

What is the short term memory?

Answer 9

A temporary store for information received from the SR

Question 10

What is Long term memory?

Answer 10

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

Question 11

What is Capacity?

Answer 11

The amount of information that can be held before new incoming information displaces it (‘pushed out’)