Memory 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyMemoryNon-verbal communicationGCSEAQA Created by: lailaaacxCreated on: 09-12-15 10:47 encoding Changing information so that it can be stored. 1 of 22 storage Holding information in the memory system. 2 of 22 Retrieval Recovering information from storage. 3 of 22 Multi-store The idea that information passes through a series of memory stores. 4 of 22 Sensory store Holds information recieved from the senses for a very short period of time. 5 of 22 Short-term store Holds approximately seven chunks of information for a limited amount of time. 6 of 22 Long-term store Holds a vast amount of information for a very long period of time. 7 of 22 Recency effect Information recieved later is recalled better than earlier information. 8 of 22 Primacy effect The first information recieved is recalled better than subsequent information 9 of 22 Reconstructive memory Altering our recollection of things so that they make more sense 10 of 22 Structural processing Thinking about the physical appearence of words to be learnt 11 of 22 Phonetic processing Thinking about the sound of words to be learnt 12 of 22 Semantic processing Thinking about the meaning of words to be learnt 13 of 22 Levels of processing The depth at which information is thought about when trying to learn it 14 of 22 Interference Things that we have learnt that make it difficult to recall other information that we have learnt 15 of 22 Retroactive Interference When information we have recently learnt hinders our ability to recall information we have learnt previously 16 of 22 Proactive interference When information we have already learnt hinders our ability to recall new information 17 of 22 context The general setting or enviroment in which activites happen 18 of 22 Anterograde amnesia Being unable to learn new information after suffering brain damage 19 of 22 Retrograde amnesia Loss of memory for events that happened before brain damage occured 20 of 22 hippocampus A brain structure that is crucial for memory 21 of 22 Sterotype An oversimplified generalised set of ideas that we have about others. for example, secondary head teachers are strict, intimidating, scary and male. 22 of 22
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