Memory

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Information Processing
The idea that information is processed through a number of stages.
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Input
The process of data entry.
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Encoding
The process in which data is changed into another format.
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Storage
The process in which information is held, ready to be used at a later date.
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Retrieval
The process in which information is located and taken out of storage.
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Output
The process of using data after it has been retrieved.
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Accessibility problems
Problems associated with retrieving information in storage.
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Availability problems
Problems associated with information no longer being stored.
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Short-term memory
The memory store that has limited capacity and limited duration, and where information becomes conscious
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Long-term memory
The memory store that has an unlimited capacity and unlimited duration, and where information is permanently stored.
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Sensory store
The store where all immediate information is briefly held unless it is paid attention to.
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Attention
A process that makes us aware of information in the memory.
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Decay
This is the fading of information over time until it is forgotten.
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Capacity
The amount of space in the memory.
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Duration
How long information lasts in the memory.
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Displacement
A process in which information is 'shunted out' of storage by new information, and so is forgotten.
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Maintenance rehearsal
A process which involves repeating information so that it stays in storage, either temporarily or permanently.
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Shallow processing
Coding information based on its physical characteristics.
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Deep processing
Coding information for meaning.
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Card 2

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The process of data entry.

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Input

Card 3

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The process in which data is changed into another format.

Back

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Card 4

Front

The process in which information is held, ready to be used at a later date.

Back

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Card 5

Front

The process in which information is located and taken out of storage.

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