Memory Flashcards
Encoding
Taking information into memory and changing it into a form that can be stored
Recall
To bring a memory back in one’s mind
Retrieval
Recovering information from storage
Storage
Holding information in the memory system
Episodic memory
Unique memories which are concerned with personal experiences or events (like a family holiday or the birth of a sibling)
Procedural memory
Our memory of carrying out complex skills (like tying shoelaces or riding a bike)
Semantic memory
Memories which are concerned with general knowledge rather than personal experience (like the capital of France)
Capacity
How much information can be stored
Coding
The way that information is represented to be stored
What is Duration?
How long information can be stored for
Long-term store
Memory store that holds a vast amount of information for a very long period of time
Short-term store
Memory store that holds approximately seven bits of information for up to thirty seconds
Multi-store model of memory
The theory of memory that suggests information passes through a series of memory stores
Sensory store
Memory store that holds information received from the senses for a very short period of time
Primacy effect
More of the first information received is recalled than later information
Recency effect
More of the information received later is recalled than earlier information
Serial position curve
The name given to the graph that displays the results of a serial position experiment
What is the Serial position effect?
The chances of recalling any item depends on its position in the list
Effort after meaning
Making sense of something unfamiliar after it has happened
Context
The general setting or environment in which activities happen
Reconstructive memory
Altering our recollection of things so that they make more sense to us
False memories
Remembering something that never happened
Interference
The difficulty in recalling information when other memories get in the way
Standardised procedures
A set order of carrying out a study that is applied to all participants when necessary
