Memory Flashcards
What is memory?
this is the retention of past experiences drawn on to use that information in the present.
What is meant by the memory process: encoding?
By which sensory data is transformed into mental representations.
What is meant by memory process: storage?
Where this encoded information is stored.
What is meant by memory process: retrieval?
Using information stored in memory.
Who created the working memory model?
Baddeley in 2000
What are the main components of the working memory model?
Central executive
Visuospatial sketchpad
Episodic buffer
Phonological loop.
What is the role of the central executive?
it is responsible for focusing attention, planning, transforming information.
What is the role of the visuospatial sketchpad?
it is responsible for handling visual and spatial information. Allows us to re-create images.
What is the role of the episodic buffer?
It is a temporary store which integrates information from visual and sound. helps maintain sense of time.
What is the role of the phonological loop?
component of working memory which deals with auditory information.
What three central executive functions did Miyake identify.?
Inhibition
Shifting
Updating
What is meant by inhibition?
Suppressing a dominant response.
What is meant by shifting?
Switching attention between different tasks.
What is meant by updating?
Monitoring stored information and new inputs.
How is long term memory split?
Semantic - meaningful facts about the world.
Procedural - knowledge on how to do something.
Episodic - Record of specific events.
