Unit 1 Key words Memory

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Encoding
Changing information so that it can be stored
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Storage
Holding information in the memoy system
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Retrievel
Recovering Information from Storage
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Multi-Store
The idea that information passes through a serise of memory stores
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Sensory Store
Holds information recived from the senses for a very short period of time
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Short-Term Memory
Holds approximately seven chunks of information for a limitated amount of time
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Long-Term Memory
Holds a vast amount of information for a very long period of time
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Reconstructive Memory
alerting our recollection of things so that they make more sense to use
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Structural Processing
Thinking about the physical appearance of words to be learnt
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Semantic Processing
thinking about the meaning of words to be learnt
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Phonetic Proceesing
thinking about the amount of words to be learnt
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Levels of Processing
the depth at which information is thought about when trying to learn it
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Interference
Things that we have learnt that make it difficlut to recall other information that we have learnt
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Context
The general setting or environment in which activities happen
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Anterograde Amnesia
Being unable to remember new information after suffering brain damage
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Retrograde Amnesia
Loss of memory for events that happened before brain damage occured
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Leading Questions
A question that hints that a particular type of answer is required
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Card 2

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Storage

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Holding information in the memoy system

Card 3

Front

Retrievel

Back

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Card 4

Front

Multi-Store

Back

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Card 5

Front

Sensory Store

Back

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