Our initial memory store that is temporary (15-30 seconds) and limited (7 bits of information)
Short term memory
1 of 25
a memory store that holds potentially limitless amounts of information for up to a lifetime
Long term memory
2 of 25
When the short term memory becomes full and new information pushes out old information
Displacement
3 of 25
when new information overwrites old information (phone numbers)
Interference
4 of 25
putting information in, in a way the brain can understand
Encoding
5 of 25
acts as a filter, forgotten after 18 seconds if unattended
sensory memory
6 of 25
believe we have different memory stores all holding different type of information
Atkinson and Shiffrin
7 of 25
visual memory
iconic
8 of 25
auditory memory
echoic
9 of 25
taste memory
gustatory
10 of 25
smell memory
olfactory
11 of 25
touch memory
tactile
12 of 25
given a triagram and a 3 digit number to count back from in 3's. Recall triagram. 2nd experiment allowed rehearsal.
Peterson and Peterson
13 of 25
a framework of knowledge which affects our perception and provides an expectation of a situation.
Schema
14 of 25
details changed to make them more familiar to schema
Transformations
15 of 25
change unfamiliar material to fit schema
familiarisation
16 of 25
add details and give a reason for something that doesn't fit schema
rationalisation
17 of 25
leave out unfamiliar, irrelevant or unpleasant details from memory
omissions
18 of 25
memories aren't always accurate. Stored as notes and when we recall them we elaborate using knowledge from similar events. This was proposed by Bartlett
active reconstruction
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information passed from one participant to the other
serial reproduction
20 of 25
same participant asked to reproduce same thing over and over again
repeated reproduction
21 of 25
inability to store any new long term memories following a brain injury
anterograde amnesia
22 of 25
cannot remember things from before brain injury
retrograde amnesia
23 of 25
simplifying, behaviour is predictable and determined by one factor
reductionism
24 of 25
everything taken into consideration
holism
25 of 25
Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
a memory store that holds potentially limitless amounts of information for up to a lifetime
Back
Long term memory
Card 3
Front
When the short term memory becomes full and new information pushes out old information
Back
Card 4
Front
when new information overwrites old information (phone numbers)
Back
Card 5
Front
putting information in, in a way the brain can understand
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