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1
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Name the 3 levels of memory.

A

Sensory, short term and long term

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2
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What is encoding?

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Selecting information to be committed to memory and converting it to a form we can store

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What is the memory capacity of the short term memory?

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7 items (+-2) and 30 secs

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What term is used to describe repeating information so it is held for a longer period of time in the short term memory?

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Rehearsal

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5
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What is chunking?

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Putting information into meaningful units.

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Explain the recency effect.

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The information from the end is still in the STM

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Explain the primacy effect.

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The information from the start has moved into the LTM (rehearsal)

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State 3 ways of moving information from the STM to the LTM.

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Elaboration, organisation, rehearsal

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What is the capacity of the LTM?

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Unlimited

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10
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What is the dialing code for Rochdale?

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01706

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What term is used to describe the conversion of a nerve impulse into a form that can be received and held by the brain?

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Encoding

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12
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Which revision technique can lead to shallow encoding?

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rehearsal

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13
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Which type of encoding leads to greater retention of information?

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deep encoding

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14
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What is one way of increasing the capacity of the STM?

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Chunking

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What do we call the external environment (sights, smells) present when information is initially encoded?

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Contextual Cues

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16
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What name is given to the ability of the STM to process data (as well as store it)?

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Working memory

17
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What is the definition of elaboration?

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Addition of further information or meaning which results in the information being more meaningful and interesting to easier to transfer to LTM

18
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What is the definition of organisation?

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Putting the information that is to be transferred into logical categories which makes it easier to transfer to LTM

19
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What is the definition of rehearsal?

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Going over information repeatedly

20
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What is displacement in the STM?

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older information is pushed out by new information

21
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State 3 things memories include.

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Past experience, knowledge and thoughts.

22
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What is the capacity of the sensory memory?

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It retains all visual and auditory input for a few seconds.

23
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What causes the loss of memory by decay?

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Passage of time between learning and trying to retrieve the information.

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