Memory

Question 1

Encoding -

Answer 1

(Input) we create a memory trace when presented with materials (E.g Visual, Smell and Sound) So it is taking information through our senses

Question 2

Storage -

Answer 2

Where we keep our information that we have encoded and then processed some way (E.g rehersed the information) Keeping information that we can use again if necessary

Question 3

Retrieval -

Answer 3

(Output) involves us finding information that we have encoded and then stored in the brain. means getting more information from out memory system that we can then use

Question 4

Accessibility -

Answer 4

problems linked to memory are all about attempting to find information that has already been processed

Question 5

Cue Dependency -

Answer 5

In order for memories to be retrieved efficiently there must be specific similarities to the time when the information was encoded into memory.
(2 Types - State & Context)

Question 6

Context Dependent -

Answer 6

Cues that are external to us (E.g. The Environment) in which memory is encoded into memory

Question 7

State Dependent -

Answer 7

Cues that are internal to us (E.g. Our Emotional State) when information is encoded into memory.
( Being happy, sad, fearful)

Question 8

Availability -

Answer 8

Whether or not information that may already have been processed in the brain is still available to be accessed.

Question 9

Displacement -

Answer 9

Loss of information from short term memory based on the (“first in first out”) concept

Question 10

Brain Damage -

Answer 10

Refers to the physical deterioration of brain structures involved in memory stage

Question 11

Anterograde Amnesia -

Answer 11

A complete in ability to recall memories from Long term memory (LTM) or to form new memories

Question 12

Memory -

Answer 12

The process by which we retain information about events that happened in the past

Question 13

Schema -

Answer 13

Collection of ideas about a person or situation formed through experience which helps the individual understand and predict the world around them

Question 14

Structural Processing -

Answer 14

A shallow level - we look at Visual features

Question 15

Phonetic Processing -

Answer 15

At the middle level - We think about the sound of words

Question 16

Semantic Processing -

Answer 16

At the deepest level - we think about the meaning of words

Question 17

Retrograde Amnesia -

Answer 17

Inability to recall memories that were learnt before an injury or on set of disease

Question 18

Forgetting -

Answer 18

The inability to recall something now that could be recalled on an earlier occasion

Question 19

Pro active interference -

Answer 19

Information already processed, interferes with the new information you are trying to process to you forgetting new information

Question 20

Retro active interference -

Answer 20

New information interferes with previously processed information

Question 21

Eye Witness Testimony -

Answer 21

Evidence given by people who have witnessed a crime this plays an important role in many trials