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What is the first stage of information processing?

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Input: Perceiving sensory information from the environment, such as hearing a song on the radio.

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What is the second stage of information processing?

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Encoding: The information is converted into nerve impulses, where it is recognised by the brain.

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What is the third stage of information processing?

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Storage: Information is stored in the brain.

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What is the fourth stage of information processing?

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Retrieval: You search the memory store for the information you want to recall, for example the song you want to recall.

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What is the fifth (final) stage of information processing?

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Output: You, for example, sing the song you have just recalled

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What is the role of the hippocampus in memory?

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-bridge between STM and LTM

-Responsible for creating and strengthening new memories

-Combines information from all the senses into one experience

-Important in forming semantic memories

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What is semantic memory?

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knowledge about words, concepts, and language-based knowledge and facts

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What is episodic memory?

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information about events we have personally experienced

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What did Maguire et al. find?

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The hippocampus of taxi drivers had a much larger volume than those of a control group.

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What did Magire et al’s study prove?

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Retaining a huge volume of information can change the volume of the hippocampus.

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What is anterograde amnesia?

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The inability to form new memories after damage.

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What is the frontal lobe?

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The ‘control centre’ of the brain which is responsible for planning, organisation and making judgements.

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Why can’t anterograde amnesia patients form new memories?

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The information can’t pass from short term to long term memory. This can be caused by damage to the hippocampus.

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Why can’t retrograde amnesia patients recall old memories?

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Their frontal lobe (behind forehead) is damaged

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What is procedural memory?

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It is responsible for ‘motor’ skills. These are things like walking and being able to feed ourselves.

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What is attention in memory encoding?

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Which information we select to be encoded.

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What is the sensory memory store?

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A type of storage that holds sensory information first for a few seconds or less.

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What is the short term memory store?

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-Holds information longer than the sensory store (up to 30 seconds).

-Has a limited capacity, if it is exceeded, some held information can be displaced.

-Formed in the hippocampus

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What is the long term memory store?

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stores information permanently

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What is retrieval failure?

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When the information is in your memory but you fail to locate it

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What is the multi store model?

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An explanation of how the memory works in terms of 3 stores:

Sensory Register

STM

LTM

Through flowing Storage systems

22
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How do memories move from short term to long term memory?

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Rehearsal

23
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How do memories move from sensory to short term memory?

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Attention

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What is the capacity of the long term, short term and sensory stores?

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Long term: Infinite

Short term: 7 (+/-2 depending on memory size)

Sensory: Large

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What is the duration of the long term, short term and sensory stores?

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Long term: Infinite

Short term: Up to 30 seconds

Sensory: 2 seconds

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What is elaborative rehearsal?

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A memory technique that involves thinking about the meaning of the term to be remembered, as opposed to simply repeating the word to yourself over and over.

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What is chunking information?

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Remembering information in chunks rather than the full thing all at once, making it easier to memorise things.

For example: 016 323 459 673 is easier to remember than: 016323459673

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What are 4 criticisms of the multi-store model of memory?

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-The multi-store model of memory is too simple.

-Neuropsychology has suggested that long-term memory is made up of more than one store.

-The model places too much importance on the role of rehearsal versus meaning.

-Psychologists have suggested that semantic processing (thinking about the meaning of the memory) is more important than just repeating the information.

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What are the 2 types of forgetting?

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-Decay

-Displacement

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What is displacement?

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When a memory store gets full so new information pushes out old information. (not in long term memory)

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What is decay?

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loss of memory due to the passage of time, during which the memory trace is not used

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What are cues?

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Things that can trigger a memory

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What are context cues?

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‘External’ cues

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What are state cues?

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‘Internal’ cues such as emotional state

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What is a case study for memory?

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Clive wearing

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What is retrograde amnesia?

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The inability to recall memories of the past, after damage.

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What part of the brain affects procedural memory?

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The cerebellum

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