Memory And Information Prosessing

Question 1

Information input main principles

Answer 1

Information is input through senses

Sight
Hearing
Touch
Taste
Smell

(For human memory this refers to the sensory information we receive from our environment)

Question 2

Encoding

Answer 2

Store some sensory information
Encoding the sensory input into electrochemical memory trace that can be stored in the brain
Once, encoded memory system can store memory trace for a few seconds or for an entire lifetime

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

Acoustic encoding - holding sound information
Visual encoding - holding images
Semantic encoding - holding the meaning of information

Question 3

Output

Answer 3

Behaviour that is produced
Stored information we retrieve

(Information we recall)

Question 4

Exam style question
Define what’s meant by
Encoding
Storage

Answer 4

Turning sensory information and Storing the information in the brain

Retention of information in our memory system

Question 5

Memory order

Answer 5

Sensory memory to short term memory which unrehearsed information is lost and if it is released it will transfer to long-term memory (encoding)some information may be lost and if wants to he retrieved it will transfer to short term memory