Unit 1- Chapter 1: Memory These cards have a key term on one side and its definition on the other side. 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyMemoryGCSEAQA Created by: hannahridley98Created on: 14-04-14 10:51 Anterograde Amnesia Being unable to learn new information after suffering brain damage. 1 of 24 Cognitive Interview A method of questioning witnesses that involves recreating the context of an event. 2 of 24 Context The general setting or environment in which activities happen. 3 of 24 Encoding Changing information so that it can be stored. 4 of 24 Hippocampus A brain structure that is crucial for memory. 5 of 24 Interference Things that we have learnt that make it difficult to recall other information that we have learnt. 6 of 24 Leading Question A question that hints that a particular type of answer is required. 7 of 24 Levels of Processing The depth at which information is thought about when trying to learn it. 8 of 24 Long-Term Store Holds a vast amount of information for a very long period of time. 9 of 24 Multi-Store The idea that information passes through a series of memory stores. 10 of 24 Phonetic Processing Thinking about the sound of words to be learnt. 11 of 24 Primacy Effect The first information received is recalled better than subsequent information. 12 of 24 Proactive Interference When information we have already learnt hinders our ability to recall new information. 13 of 24 Recency Effect Information received later is recalled better than earlier information. 14 of 24 Reconstructive Memory Altering our recollection of things so that they make more sense to us. 15 of 24 Reliability In the context of eyewitness testimony, the extent to which it can be regarded as accurate. 16 of 24 Retrieval Recovering information from storage. 17 of 24 Retroactive Interference When information we have recently learnt hinders our ability to recall information we have learnt previously. 18 of 24 Retrograde Amnesia Loss of memory for events that happened before the brain damage occurred. 19 of 24 Semantic Processing Thinking about the meaning of words to be learnt. 20 of 24 Sensory Store Holds information received from the senses for a very short period of time. 21 of 24 Short-Term Store Holds approximately seven chunks of information for a limited amount of time. 22 of 24 Stereotype An oversimplified, generalised set of ideas that we have about others. 23 of 24 Structural Processing Thinking about the physical appearance of words to be learnt. 24 of 24
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