Memory

Question 1

3 main memories

Answer 1

Sensory store
Short term/working
Long term

Question 2

Sensory store

Answer 2

Made up of iconic and echoic

Question 3

Iconic

Answer 3

Visual

Lasts for 0.5 to 1s

Question 4

Echoic

Answer 4

Auditory

Lasts 2 to 8s

Question 5

Short term/working

Answer 5

Lasts 10 to 30 secs
7 plus or minus bits of info
Sensitive to interruptions

Question 6

Improvements to short term memory

Answer 6

Chunking

Repetition/over learning

Question 7

Long term

Answer 7

Repetition of info from short term
No capacity limit
Info is held forever
Made up of explicit, implicit recalls

Question 8

Explicit

Answer 8

Semantic, Episodic

Question 9

Implicit

Answer 9

Procedural

Question 10

Semantic memory

Answer 10

Language

General knowledge of the world

Question 11

Episodic

Answer 11

Life events
Can be effected by amnesia
Can be effected by suggestion - a way of persuading the memory to change

Question 12

Procedural

Answer 12

Skills, motor programs

Can be used straight from the sensory memory

Question 13

Skills can be learnt by

Answer 13

Cognitive
Associative
Automatic

Question 14

Cognitive

Answer 14

Being taught the skill

Question 15

Associative

Answer 15

Practicing the information

Question 16

Automatic

Answer 16

Do the skill without thinking