Unit 1 Topic 1 Memory Key term difinitions
Psychology, GCSE level, unit 1, topic 1, memory , key term definitions
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- Unit 1 Topic 1 Memory
- Encoding: changing information so that it can be stored
- Reconstructive memory: our memory alters the information in our memory to make more sense to us
- Retrieval: recoving information from the memory system
- Primary effect: information revived previously is recalled better that information recalled recently
- Multi-store: information passes through serious of memory stores
- Phonetic processing: thinking about the sound of the word to be learnt
- Storage: holding information so that it can be stored
- Recency effect: information received recently in recalled better than information received previously
- Sensory store: holds information for a very short period of time received from the senses
- Structural processing: thinking about the appearance of the word to be leant
- Semantic processing: thinking about the meaning of the word to be learnt
- Retrograde amnesia: unable to remember event that happened before suffering brain damage
- Retrograde interference: when information we learn recently hinders our ability to recall previous information
- Context: the place the activity takes place in
- Proactive interference: when information we lean previously hinders our ability to recall information leant recently
- Hippocampus: a part of the brain that is crucial for memory
- Anterograde amnesia: unable to learn new information after suffering brain damage
- Interference: when some information hinders our ability to recall other information
- Cognitive interview: a method used by the police to question the witnesses and create the same context
- Leading question: a question that hints that a particular type of answer is needed
- Reliability: results are regarded as accurate
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