GCSE Psychology- memory

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Input
the sensory information we recieve from the environment
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storage
the retention of information in our memory
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encoding
turning sensory information into a form that can be used and stored by the brain
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output
the information we recall in behaviour
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retrieval
the recall of stored memories
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Short- term memory
our initial memory store that is limited and temporary
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Capacity of Short-term memory
7-9 items
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duration of Short-term memory
18 seconds
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Long-term memory
a memory store that holds limitless amounts of information
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capacity of Long-term memory
unlimited items
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duration of Long-term memory
minutes up to a life time
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sensory register
our immediate memory of sensory informaion
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attention
focus on certain sensory information
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primacy
the tendency to recall words at the begining of a list
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recency
the tendency to recall words at the end of a list
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what was the aim of Bartlett's study
to test the nature of reconstructive memory using an unfamiliar story
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what was the name of the story in Bartlett's study
war of the ghost's
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how long after reading the story did participants recall the story to another participant
15-30 minutes
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how long after reading the story did that participant write the story
15 minutes
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Peterson and Peterson aim
to test the duration of short-term memory
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sample size of Peterson and Peterson
24 students
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what was the three letter set called?
a triagram
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how many times did they have to repeat the triagram
8 times
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how many times did each participant repeat the procedure
48 times
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what percentage of triagrams did participants recall after 3 seconds
80%
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what participants of triagrams did participants recall after 18 seconds
less than 10%
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storage

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the retention of information in our memory

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encoding

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output

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retrieval

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