Memory

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  • Created on: 16-11-17 13:44
Encoding
The way information is changed into a code so it can be remembered.
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Storage
Information is kept within your memory until it is needed again
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Retrieval
Ability to recover (get back) information which has been stored.
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Duration
How long information can stay within a memory store.
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Capacity
How much information can be stored into a memory store.
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Multi-store
The idea that information passed through a series of memory stores.
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Acoustic
Encoding information in terms of how it sounds.
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Semantic
Encoding information in terms of what it means
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Rehearsal
A technique used to move information from one store in the multi-store to the next.
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Sensory Memory
The amount of information the sensory memory can hold is very limited. Just a few seconds.
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Short term memory
Holds seven chunks of information for less than a minute if not rehearsed.
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Long term memory
Can hold vast amounts of information for a very long time.
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Information is kept within your memory until it is needed again

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Storage

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Ability to recover (get back) information which has been stored.

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Card 4

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How long information can stay within a memory store.

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Card 5

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How much information can be stored into a memory store.

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