Memory

Question 0

Storage

Answer 0

We put information to the ‘back of our minds’ until it is needed in the future.

Question 1

Encoding

Answer 1

Sensory information changed so that we can make sense of it.

Question 2

Retrieval

Answer 2

The ability to recall information from the storage.

Question 3

Duration

Answer 3

How long info can stay with that memory.

Last up to a few seconds to a lifetime.

Question 4

Capacity

Answer 4

How much info can be stored with that memory.

Capacity being limitless.

Question 5

Short term memory

STM

Answer 5

Contains encoded info from the sensory memory.
Capacity between 5 and 9 objects.
Duration is up to 30 seconds.

Question 6

Long term memory

LTM

Answer 6

The storage of all things in the memory that are not currently being used.
Duration is up to a lifetime.
Capacity is limitless.

Question 7

Decay

Answer 7

If we do not pay attention to the info in the sensory store, it decays.

Question 8

Displacement

Answer 8

Info is ‘shunted out’ of storage by new info and becomes forgotten.

Question 9

Maintenance/Rehersal

Answer 9

Process of repeating info so that it stays in storage, temporarily or permanently.

Question 10

Semantic Processing

Answer 10

Processing things in relation to what they mean.

Question 11

Phonetic Processing

Answer 11

Processing things in relation to how they sound.

Question 12

Structural Processing

Answer 12

Processing things in relation to the way they look.

Question 13

Proactive Interference

Answer 13

When info that you have already processed interferes with new info you are trying to process, end result that you forget new information.

Question 14

Retroactive Imterference

Answer 14

When new info interferes with material that you have already processed and stored.

Question 15

Context Dependent

Answer 15

Cues that are external to us.

The environment in which the info was learnt.

Question 16

Amnesia

Answer 16

Memory loss that is caused by physical injury to the brain, it can be caused by a traumatic or emotional event.

Question 17

Retrograde Amnesia

Answer 17

A complete inability to recall memories from the LTM, or form new memories.

Question 18

Anterograde Amnesia

Answer 18

A loss of memory of what happens after the event that caused the amnesia.

Question 19

Leading Question

Answer 19

A question that leaves you with limited answer and phrased in a manner that tends to suggest the desired answer.