Memory Key Terms 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyMemoryGCSEAQA Created by: Jc1415Created on: 25-01-22 15:42 Duration How long information can be stored 1 of 22 False Memories Remembering something that has never happened 2 of 22 Primacy Effect More of the first information we received is recalled than later information 3 of 22 Capacity How much information can be stored 4 of 22 Interference Things that we have learnt that make it difficult to recall other information that we have learnt 5 of 22 Storage Holding information in the memory system 6 of 22 Semantic Memory Memories which are concerned with general knowledge rather than personal experience 7 of 22 Short-term Memory Holds approx. seven chunks of information for a limited amount of time 8 of 22 Serial Position Curve The name given to the graph that displays the results of the serial position curve experiment 9 of 22 Context The general setting on environment in which activities happen 10 of 22 Episodic Memories Unique memories which are concerned with personal experiences or events 11 of 22 Recency Effect More of the information that we received later is recalled than earlier information 12 of 22 Retrieval/Recall Recovering information that we store 13 of 22 Long-term Store Holds a vast amount of information for a very long period of time 14 of 22 Coding The way that information is represented to be stored 15 of 22 Reconstructive Memory Altering our recollection of things so that they make more sense to us 16 of 22 Multi-Store The idea that information we receive passes through a series of memory stores 17 of 22 Procedural Memory Our memory for carrying out complex skills 18 of 22 Effort After Meaning Making sense of something unfamiliar after it happens 19 of 22 Serial Position Effect The chances of recalling any item depends on its position in a list 20 of 22 Sensory Store Holds information received from the senses for a very short time 21 of 22 Encoding Changing information so that it can be stored 22 of 22
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