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1
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What are the 3 memory and information processing steps?

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-input
-encode
-output

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Define ‘input’.

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The sensory information we receive from our environment

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Define ‘encode’.

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Changing information so it can be stored

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Define ‘output’.

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The information we recall, either behaviourally, or verbally

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What is visual encoding?

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What you see

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What is acoustic encoding?

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What are you hear

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What is semantic encoding?

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Meaning

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What are the three types of encoding?

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-visual
-acoustic
-semantic

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What is storage?

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Holding information in our memory

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What are the features of the short-term memory?

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-very limited capacity
- retention = seconds
- depends on attention
-immediate retrieval
-forgetting is immediate

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What are the features of the long-term memory?

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-unlimited capacity
-retention= can be permanent if retrieval
-less dependent on attention
-forgetting is gradual

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Define ‘coding’.

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How information is stored

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Definite ‘duration’.

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The length of time information can be stored in the STM and LTM

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Define ‘capacity’.

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The amount of information can be stored in STM and LTM

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Who proposed the multi-store model of memory?

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Atkinson and Shiffrin

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What does the multi-store model of memory suggest?

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There is three separate memory stores

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What are the three memory stores the multi-store model suggests?

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-sensory memory
-STM
-LTM

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What is the coding for the ‘sensory memory’?

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Senses

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What is the capacity for the ‘sensory memory’?

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Large

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What is the duration of the ‘sensory memory’?

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1/4-1/2 of a second

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What is the coding for the ‘short term memory’?

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Mainly acoustic

21
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What is the capacity of the STM?

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The magic 7 (7+-2)

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What is the duration of the STM?

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15-30 seconds (can be longer with rehearsal time)

23
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What is the coding for the ‘long term memory’?

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Semantics (deep understanding)

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What is the capacity of the LTM?

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Unlimited

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What is the duration of the LTM?

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“Permanent”

26
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What is the STM?

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A memory stored that is temporary and unlimited

27
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What is the LTM?

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A memory store that holds limitless amounts of information for up to a lifetime

28
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What is rehearsal?

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This is when we repeat information until it sticks in our memory

29
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What is displacement?

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This is when the STM becomes full and new information pushes out old information

30
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What is interference?

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This is when new information overwrites old information

31
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What is iconic memory?

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Sensory register for visual info, that lasts approximately one second, then decays

32
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Which researchers conducted a study to support the capacity of the STM?

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Peterson and Peterson

33
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What is amnesia?

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Memory loss, often through accident, illness, or injury

34
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What is anterograde amnesia?

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Unable to learn new information (make new long-term memories)

35
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What are some symptoms of anterograde amnesia?

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-can process STM, but it will not be transferred to LTM
-Old LTM are intact
-cannot form new LTM

36
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What is retrograde amnesia?

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Loss of recall of events that happened before brain damage occurred. Sometimes it is just stuff a few weeks before the brain injury they can’t remember but they may be able to remember stuff from a long time ago

37
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What are some symptoms of retrograde amnesia?

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-can be specific to certain events
-May forget themselves or significant other
-is possible to regain some memory

38
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What is active reconstruction?

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Memory is not an exact copy of what we include. It’s an interpretation of reconstruction influenced by schemas

39
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What is a schema?

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A bit of information or knowledge, from previous experience of an event, personal place that influences how we remember new events

40
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In what ways can schemas influence our memory?

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-omissions
-transformations
-familiarisation
-rationalisation

41
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Define ‘omissions’.

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We may leave certain bits of information out

42
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Define ‘transformations’.

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Any details are change to make them more rational (make sense)

43
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Define ‘familiarisation’.

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We change unfamiliar information to fit with our schema

44
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Define ‘rationalisation’.

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We may add extra detail into our recall to give reason for something that may not have fitted the original schema

45
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Who invented the theory of reconstructive memory?

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Bartlett

46
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What is reductionism?

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Psychologist that think human behaviour is best understood by examining the processes or parts that make up that behaviour

47
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What is holism?

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The theory of explaining something as a whole, trying to understand the whole person

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