Memory Flashcards
Encoding
Taking information into memory and changing it into a form that can be stored.
Participant
Someone who takes part in a study and by taking part, provides data for the researcher to analyse.
Recall
To bring a memory back into one’s mind (similar to ‘retrieval’)
Storage
Holding information in the memory system.
Episodic memory
Unique memories which are concerned with personal experiences or events.
Procedural memory
Our memory for carrying out complex skills.
Semantic memory
Memories which are concerned with general knowledge rather than personal experience.
Capacity
How much information can be stored
Coding
The way that information is represented to be stored
Duraiton
How long the information can be stored for
Long-term store
Memory store that holds a vast amount of information for a very long period of time.
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.
Short-term store
Memory store that holds approximately seven bits of information for a limited amount of time.
Primacy effect
More of the first information received is recalled than subsequent later information.
