Memory

Question 1

Storage

Answer 1

Holding information in the memory system

Question 2

Retrieval

Answer 2

Recovering information from storage

Question 3

Multi-store

Answer 3

The idea that information passes through a series of memory stores

Question 4

Sensory store

Answer 4

Holds information receive from the senses for a very short period of time

Question 5

Short-term store

Answer 5

Holds approximately seven chunks of information for a limited amount of time

Question 6

Long-term store

Answer 6

Holds a vast amount of information for a very long period of time

Question 7

Recency effect

Answer 7

Information received later is recalled better than earlier information

Question 8

Primacy effect

Answer 8

The first information received is recalled better than subsequent information

Question 9

Reconstructive memory

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Structural processing

Answer 10

Thinking about the physical appearance of words to be learnt

Question 11

Phonetic processing

Answer 11

Thinking about the sound of words to be learnt

Question 12

Semantic processing

Answer 12

Thinking about the meaning of words to be learnt

Question 13

Levels of processing

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Interference

Answer 14

Things that we have learnt make it difficult to recall other information that we have learnt

Question 15

Retroactive interference

Answer 15

When information we have recently learnt, hinders our ability to recall information that we have learnt previously

Question 16

Proactive interference

Answer 16

When information we have already learnt hinders our ability to recall new information

Question 17

Context

Answer 17

The general setting or environment in which activities happen

Question 18

Anterograde amnesia

Answer 18

Being unable to learn new information after suffering brain damage

Question 19

Hippocampus

Answer 19

A brain structure that is crucial for memory

Question 20

Retrograde amnesia

Answer 20

Loss of memory for events that happened before brain damage occurred

Question 21

Reliability

Answer 21

In the context of eye witness testimony, the extent to which it can be regarded as accurate

Question 22

Leading question

Answer 22

A question that hints that a particular type of answer is required

Question 23

Cognitive interview

Answer 23

A method of questioning witnesses that involves recreating the context of an event

Question 24

Stereotype

Answer 24

An oversimplified, generalised set of ideas that we have about others, for example, secondary head teachers are strict, intimidating, scary and male

Question 25

Encoding

Answer 25

Changing information so that it can be stored