Memory Flashcards 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyMemoryGCSEAQA Created by: minsugageniusCreated on: 20-11-17 12:44 Encoding Changing information so that it can be stored. 1 of 21 Storage Holding information in the memory system. 2 of 21 Retrieval Recovering information from storage. 3 of 21 Multi-store The idea that information passes through a series of memory stores. 4 of 21 Sensory store Holds information received from the senses for a very short period of time. 5 of 21 Short-term store Holds approximately seven chunks of information for limited amount of time. 6 of 21 Long-term store Holds a vast amount of information fo ra very long period of time. 7 of 21 Recency effect Information received later is recalled better than earlier information. 8 of 21 Primacy effect The first information received is recalled better than subsequent information. 9 of 21 Reconstructive memory Altering our recollection of things so that they make more sense to us. 10 of 21 Structural processing Thinking about the physical appearance of words to be learnt. 11 of 21 Phonetic processing Thinking about the sound of words to be learnt. 12 of 21 Semantic processing Thinking about the meaning of words to be learnt. 13 of 21 Levels of processing The depth at which information is thought about when trying to learn it. 14 of 21 Interference Things that we have learnt that make it difficult to recall other information that we have learnt. 15 of 21 Retroactive interference When information we have recently learnt hinders our ability to recall information we have learnt previously. 16 of 21 Proactive interference When information we have already learnt hinders our ability to recall new information. 17 of 21 Context The general setting or environment in which activities happen. 18 of 21 Anterograde amnesia Being unable to learn new information after suffering brain damage. 19 of 21 Hippocampus A brain structure that is crucial for memory. 20 of 21 Retrograde amnesia. Loss of memory for events that happened befoer brain damage occurred. 21 of 21
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