Memory

Question 1

Storage

Answer 1

Info kept within our memory until it is needed again

Question 2

Retrieval

Answer 2

Ability to recover info which has been stored

Question 3

Duration

Answer 3

How long info can stay within a memory store

Can be from seconds to a life time

Question 4

Capacity

Answer 4

How much info can be stored within a memory store

Can be from a few items to unlimited

Question 5

Multi-store

Answer 5

The idea info passes through a series of memory stores

Question 6

Acoustic

Answer 6

Encoding info in terms of how it sounds

Question 7

Semantic

Answer 7

Encoding info in terms of what it means

Question 8

Rehearsal

Answer 8

A technique used to move info from one store in the multi-store explanation to the next

Question 9

Sensory memory

Answer 9

Amount of info which can be held is very limited, held very brief for a few seconds

Question 10

Short term memory

Answer 10

This store holds 7 chunks of information for less than a minute if not rehearsed

Info encoded acoustically

Question 11

Long term memory

Answer 11

Can hold a vast amount of info for a very long time

Encoded by meaning

Question 12

Multi-store model of memory

Answer 12

Sensory 
{acoustic encoding}
Short term 
{semantic encoding}
Long term

Question 13

Recency effect

Answer 13

Info received later is recalled better than earlier info

Question 14

Primacy effect

Answer 14

First info received is recalled better than subsequent info

Question 15

Levels of processing

Answer 15

The depth at which info is thought about when trying to learn it

Question 16

Structural processing

Answer 16

Thinking about physical appearance of words to be learnt

Question 17

Phonetic processing

Answer 17

Thinking about sounds of words to be learnt

Question 18

Semantic processing

Answer 18

Thinking about meaning of words to be learnt

Question 19

Encoding

Answer 19

The way info is changed into a code so it can be remembered

Question 20

Reconstructive memory

Answer 20

Altering our recollection of things so that they make more sense to us

Question 21

Interference

Answer 21

Refers to things that we have learnt that make it difficult to recall other info that we have learnt

Question 22

Retroactive interference

Answer 22

When info we have recently learnt obstructs our ability to recall info we learn previously

Question 23

Proactive interference

Answer 23

When the info we have already learnt obstructs our ability to recall new info

Question 24

Context

Answer 24

The general setting/environment in which activities happen

Question 25

Anterograde amnesia

Answer 25

People are unable to learn new info after suffering from brain damage

Question 26

Retrograde amnesia

Answer 26

People are unable to remember info about their life before bran damage occurred

Question 27

Hippocampus

Answer 27

Brain structure crucial for memory

Question 28

Eyewitness

Answer 28

Someone who has identified someone committing a crime and provides this evidence in a court of law

Question 29

Reliability

Answer 29

The extent to which an eyewitness testimony can be regarded as accurate

Question 30

Leading question

Answer 30

A type of question which hints to a certain answer