What are the three major processes involved in memory?
Encoding, storage, retrieval
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In order to form new memories, information must be changed into a usable form. What is this process called?
Encoding
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Which process allows us to bring stored memories into conscious awareness?
Retrieval
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According to Atkinson & Shiffrin (1968), what is the earliest stage of memory?
Sensory memory
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Sarah is participating in a memory test. She must inspect a list of words and then recall them in any order she likes. What method is she using?
Free recall
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Donald is testing the memory performance of his class. After presenting a list of words, he gives the children hints at the time of recall. What method is Donald using?
Cued recall
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Lizzie is taking a multiple-choice test for revision. She has identified some material she had learnt during the semester and gets the question right. What is this an example of?
Recognition
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In 1890, William James made a distinction between ‘primary memory’ & ‘secondary memory’. How did he define primary memory?
Memories which we are holding in our conscious awareness & which are currently receiving our attention
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In 1890, William James made a distinction between ‘primary memory’ & ‘secondary memory’. How did he define secondary memory?
Memories which we are not presently holding in conscious awareness, but which are held in storage ready to be recalled
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The duration of sensory memory was first investigated during the 1960s by which psychologist?
George Sperling
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Sperling (1960) believed that information in iconic storage decays within:
About 0.5s
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Iconic memory is also known as:
Visual Sensory moutemory
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What are the two main components of the serial position effect?
Primacy effect & recency effect
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Lizzie is given a list of information & asked to memorise & later recall them. Upon recall, she has an increased ability to recall the first items in the list as she has more time to rehearse them. What is this an example of?
Primacy effect
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Lizzie is given a list of information & asked to memorise & later recall them. Upon recall, she has an increased ability to recall the last words in the list as they are just still in her memory. What is this an example of?
Recency effect
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Miller (1956) proposed that the short-term memory capacity is:
7 +/- 2 chunks
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Who proposed the multi-store model of memory?
Atkinson & Shiffrin (1958)
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Who proposed the Working Memory Model to replace the Multi-Store Model of Memory?
Baddeley & Hitch (1974)
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According to Baddeley & Hitch, what is working memory?
It is the short-term storage of information & has the capacity to manipulate this information
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The central executive, phonological loop, visuo-spatial sketchpad & episodic buffer are components of which model?
Working Memory Model
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Card 2
Front
In order to form new memories, information must be changed into a usable form. What is this process called?
Back
Encoding
Card 3
Front
Which process allows us to bring stored memories into conscious awareness?
Back
Card 4
Front
According to Atkinson & Shiffrin (1968), what is the earliest stage of memory?
Back
Card 5
Front
Sarah is participating in a memory test. She must inspect a list of words and then recall them in any order she likes. What method is she using?
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