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6. Define the "Long-term memory"

  • The memory store that has limited capacity and limited duration, and where informstion becomes conscious
  • The memory store that has unlimited capacity and unlimited duration, and where information is permanently stored
  • The idea that information is processed through a number of stages
  • This is the fading of information over time until it is forgotten

7. Define "Output"

  • The process of using data after it has been retrieved
  • The process in which information is located and taken out of storage
  • The process of data entry
  • The process in which information is held, ready to be used at a later date

8. What is the "Short-term memory"

  • This refers to how long information lasts in the memory
  • The memory store that has limited capacityand limited duration, and where information becomes conscious
  • Problems associated with retriving information in storage
  • The store where all immediate information is briefly held unless it is paid attention to

9. Define "Decay"

  • The store where all immediateinformation is briefly held unless it is paid attention to
  • This is the fading of information over time until it is forgotten
  • Problems associated with retriving information in storage
  • The process of data entry

10. What is "shallow processing"

  • Only coding information based on its physical characteristics
  • The idea that information is processes through a number pf stages
  • The process in which information is held, ready to be used at a later date
  • Coding information for meaning

11. What is "Displacement"

  • This is the fading of information over time until it is forgotten
  • A process in which information is 'shunted out' of storage by new information, and so becomes forgotten
  • A process that basically involves repeating information so that it stays in storage, either temporarily or permanently
  • This refers to how long the information lasts in the memory

12. Define "Availability problems"

  • This refers to the amount of space in the memory
  • Problems associated with information no longer being stored
  • Problems associated with retrieving information in storage
  • Only coding information based on its physical characteristics

13. What is the "Sensory store"

  • The process of data entry
  • The store where all immediate information is briefly held unless it is paid attention to
  • Problems associated with retriving information in storage
  • This is the fading of information over time until it is forgotten

14. Define "Input"

  • The process of data entry
  • The process in which data is changed into another format
  • The process of using data after it has been retrieved
  • The process in which information is held, ready to be used at a later date

15. What is "Retrieval"

  • The process in which data is changed into another format
  • The process of using data after it has been retrieved
  • The process in which information is located and taken out of storage
  • The process in which information is held, ready to be used at a later date

16. What is "Capacity"

  • This refers to the amount of space in the memory
  • This is the fading of information over time until it is forgotten
  • The memory store that has limited capacity and limited duration, and where informstion becomes conscious
  • The idea that information is processed through a number of stages

17. What is "storage"

  • The process of data entry
  • The process in which data is changed into another format
  • The process in which information is held, ready to be used at a later date
  • The process of using data after it has been retrived

18. Define "Information processing"

  • A process that makes people aware of information in the memory
  • The idea that information is processed through a number of stages
  • Problems associated with retrieving information in storage
  • The process of data entry

19. What is "Attention"

  • This refers to how long information lasts in the memory
  • The process in which information is located and taken out of storage
  • A process that makes people aware of information in the memory
  • The idea that information is processed through a number of stages