memory 1 and 2

Question 1

The modal model of memory

Answer 1

sensory memory> Short-term memory> Long term memory

Question 2

Two types of sensory memory

Answer 2

iconic and echoic

Question 3

Iconic

Answer 3

sensory memory for visual info

Question 4

Echoic

Answer 4

sensory memory for auditory info

Question 5

How much info can sensory memory store

Answer 5

lots

Question 6

How long can sensory info store for

Answer 6

Briefly (ms)

Question 7

Short term/working memory

Answer 7

Visual/spatial info+audio/speech info

Question 8

How much info does short term memory hold

Answer 8

not very much- magic number 7

Question 9

How long does short term memory hold onto info for

Answer 9

not very long, up to 30s

Question 10

Chunking

Answer 10

organising info into meaningful units

Question 11

Rehearsal

Answer 11

repeating something in your head to remember it

Question 12

Maintenance rehearsal

Answer 12

repeating something in your head but doing nothing with it

Question 13

Elaborative Rehearsal

Answer 13

Chunking info while also associating it with memory using prior knowledge

Question 14

Serial position efect

Answer 14

you are more likely to remember words at the beginning of the sequence and less likely to remember words in the middle of the sequence. Words at the end are highly likely to be remembered because they are sitting in your short term memory

Question 15

Long term memory

Answer 15

organised into sub-types

Question 16

What info is stored in long term memory

Answer 16

meaning

Question 17

How much info is stored in long term memory

Answer 17

lots

Question 18

How long is long term memory stored for

Answer 18

a long time

Question 19

Episodic memory

Answer 19

explicit/declarative- memory for events and experiences

Question 20

Semantic memory

Answer 20

explicit/declarative- memory for facts and concepts- info separated from the context you learn dit

Question 21

Procedural memory

Answer 21

implicit/non-declarative, memory for how to do things such as skills and habits

Question 22

Conditioning

Answer 22

learned associations

Question 23

priming

Answer 23

implicit/non-declarative, when processing of a response to something is easier/faster because you’ve come across it before

Question 24

consolidation

Answer 24

the process of moving info from short-term to long term store

Question 25

Two types of interference

Answer 25

Retroactive and proactive

Question 26

Retroactive

Answer 26

when learning of new info interferes with recall of old info

Question 27

Proactive

Answer 27

when old info interfers with learning of new info

Question 28

How to improve memory

Answer 28

reconsolidating, distributed practice and tests