Memory Flashcards

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Input

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Sensory information we receive from our environment.

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Storage

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The retention of information in our memory system.

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Encoding

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Turning sensory information into a form that can be used and stored by the brain.

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Acoustic Encoding

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The process of storing sound in our memory system.

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Visual Encoding

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The process of storing something that has been seen in our memory system.

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Semantic Encoding

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The process of storing the meaning of information in our memory system, rather than the sound of a word.

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Output

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The information we recall, output can refer to a behavioural response.

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Retrieval

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The recall of stored memories.

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Short - Term Memory (STM)

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Our initial memory store that is temporary and limited.

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Long-Term Memory (LTM)

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A memory store that holds potentially limitless amounts of information for up to a lifetime.

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Duration

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The length of time information can be stored in STM and LTM.

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Capacity

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The amount of information that can be stored in STM and LTM.

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Rehearse

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When we repeat information over and over again to make it stick.

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Displacement

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When the STM becomes full and new information pushes out older information.

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Interference

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When new information overwrites older information

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Amnesia

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Memory loss, often through accident, disease or injury.

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Anterograde Amnesia

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A memory condition that means new long-term memories cannot be made

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Retrograde Amnesia

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A memory condition that affects recall of memories prior to an injury to the brain.

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Schema

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A packet of knowledge about an event, person or place that influences how we perceive and remember.

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Active Reconstruction

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Memory is not an exact copy of what we experienced, but an interpretation or reconstruction of events that are influences by our schema when we remember them again.

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Omission

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When we leave out unfamiliar, irrelevant or unpleasant details when remembering something.

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Transformation

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When details are changed to make them more familiar and rational.

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Familiarisation

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When unfamiliar details are changes to align with our

own schema.

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Rationalisation

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When we add details into our recall to give a reason for something that may have not originally fitted with the schema

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Sensory register
Our immediate memory of sensory information
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Primary
The tendency to recall words at the beginning of a list when asked to remember it.
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Recency
The tendency to recall words at the end of a list when asked to remember it.
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Serial Reproduction
A technique where participants retell something to another participant to form a chain.
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Repeated Reproduction
A technique where participants are asked to recall something again and again.
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Reductionism
The theory of explaining something according to its basic constituent parts
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Holism
The theory of explaining something as a whole.