MEMORY: MSM key words and definitions

Question 1

Cognitive approach

Answer 1

studies how our mental processes affect our behaviour

Question 2

internal mental processes

Answer 2

private process within our minds like memory, attention etc. They cannot be directly obs-ended

Question 3

Inferences

Answer 3

cog. psychologists draw conclusions about internal mental processes from observed behaviour (often in labs)

Question 4

schemes

Answer 4

mental shortcuts. based on experiences

Question 5

cog neurosciences

Answer 5

studying biological structures that underpin mental processes

Question 6

computer models

Answer 6

cog psychologist make comparisons between the mind and a computer to understand memory

Question 7

capacity

Answer 7

how much information this store can retain

Question 8

durattion

Answer 8

how long this store can retain information for.

Question 9

encoding

Answer 9

transforming information into a form that can be stored.

Question 10

chunking

Answer 10

the process of taking individual pieces of information and grouping them together.