memory

Question 1

I’m what is rationalisation

Answer 1

adding extra details into our recall to give a reason for something that may not have originally fitted with a schema

Question 2

what is familiarization

Answer 2

we change unfamiliar details to align our own schema

Question 3

what is transformation

Answer 3

when details are changed to make them more familiar and rational

Question 4

what is omission

Answer 4

we leave out unfamiliar/irrelevant or unpleasant details when remembering something

Question 5

what is active reconstruction

Answer 5

when you have to use general knowledge to rebuild the memory within the notes made

Question 6

what is retrograde amnesia

Answer 6

when you cant remember information from before the injury

Question 7

what is anterograde amnesia

Answer 7

inability to store any new long term memory’s that last beyond a few mins following a brain injury

Question 8

what is forgetting

Answer 8

displacement, decay, interferance

Question 9

what is long term memory

Answer 9

capacity, duration and encoding

Question 10

what is short term memory

Answer 10

capacity, development and encoding

Question 11

what is cognitive development

Answer 11

the process of growth and change in intellectual/mental abilities such as thinking, reasoning and understanding

Question 12

what is disequilibrium

Answer 12

when new information is unbalanced with existing information

Question 13

what is equilibrium

Answer 13

when a child’s schema works for them and explain all they experience, they are in a state of mental balance

Question 14

what is accommodation

Answer 14

when a schema no longer works so it has to be changed to deal with new experiences

Question 15

what is assimilation

Answer 15

incorporating new experiences into an existing schema

Question 16

what is a schema

Answer 16

a mental structure that holds information

Question 17

What is decentration?

Answer 17

Being able to take multiple views of a situation

Question 18

What does encoding mean?

Answer 18

Turning sensory information into a form that can be used and stored by the brain

Question 19

What is the serial-position effect?

Answer 19

The tendency of a person to recall the first and last items in a series (list) best, and the middle items worst.

Question 20

What happens to the brain at 5-7 weeks of early brain development?

Answer 20

The forebrain splits into two sections- the anterior at the front and posterior at the back

Question 21

What is amnesia?

Answer 21

A condition characterised by forgetting or memory loss, particularly after brain trauma

Question 22

What is reductionism?

Answer 22

The scientific theory of describing something using its basic parts or the simplest explanation

Question 23

What is holism?

Answer 23

The opposite if reductionism, can be explained as the theory of trying to understand the whole behaviour rather than its parts

Question 24

What are the strengths of holism?

Answer 24

-it takes into account that many different factors usually combine to cause behaviour
-often associated with qualitative data which can lead to far greater insight into behaviour of a person

Question 25

What are some weaknesses of holism?

Answer 25

-can be extremely hard as many different variables must be investigated
-considered unscientific as usually it is based on a single person and therefore cannot be applied beyond that specific person and is less useful to society as a whole

Question 26

What is a strength of reductionism?

Answer 26

-good for situations where there is a clear single explanation

Question 27

What are some weaknesses of reductionism?

Answer 27

-can result in oversimplification explanation
-ignored other important factors or interaction between multiple factors

Question 28

What is active reconstruction?

Answer 28

Use general knowledge to help re-build/construct the memory with the notes made