Memory

Question 1

Encoding

Answer 1

Changing information so it can be stored

Question 2

Storage

Answer 2

Holding information in the memory system

Question 3

Retrieval

Answer 3

Recovering information from storage

Question 4

Multi-store

Answer 4

The idea that information passes through a series of memory stores

Question 5

Sensory store

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Short-term store

Answer 6

Holds approximately 7 chunks of information for a limited amount of time

Question 7

Long-term store

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Recency effect

Answer 8

Information received later is recalled better than earlier information

Question 9

Primacy effect

Answer 9

The first information received is recalled better than subsequent information.

Question 10

Primacy effect

Answer 10

The first information received is recalled better than the subsequent information

Question 11

Reconstructive memory

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Structural processing

Answer 12

Thinking about the physical appearance of words to be learnt

Question 13

Phonetic processing

Answer 13

Thinking about the sound of words to be learnt

Question 14

Semantic processing

Answer 14

Thinking about the meaning of words to be learnt

Question 15

Levels of processing

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Interference

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Retroactive interference

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Proactive interference

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Context

Answer 19

The general setting or environment in which activities happen

Question 20

Anterograde amnesia

Answer 20

Being unable to learn new information after suffering from brain damage

Question 21

Hippocampus

Answer 21

A brain structure that is crucial for memory

Question 22

Retrograde amnesia

Answer 22

Loss of memory for events that happened before brain damage occurred

Question 23

Reliability

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Leading question

Answer 24

A question that hints a particular type of answer is required

Question 25

Cognitive interview

Answer 25

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

Question 26

Stereotype

Answer 26

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