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Memory Vocab
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- 1Processingthe operations we perform on sensory information in the brain
- 2Inputfor human memory, this refers to the sensory information we receive from our environment
- 3Storagethe retention of information in our memory
- 4Encodingturning sensory information into a form that can be used and stored by the brain
- 5Acoustic encodingthe process of storing sounds in our memory system
- 6Visual encodingthe process of storing something that is seen in our memory system
- 7Semantic encodingthe process of storing the meaning of information in our memory system
- 8Outputfor memory, this refers to the information we recall or our behavioural response
- 9Retrievalthe recall of stored memories
- 10Short-term memoryour initial memory store - temporary and limited
- 11Long-term memorya memory store that holds potentially limitless amounts of information for up to a lifetime
- 12Durationthe length of time information can be stored in our memory
- 13Capacitythe amount of information that can be stored in our memory
- 14Rehearsewhen we repeat information over and over to make it stick
- 15Displacementwhen the short-term memory becomes 'full' and new information pushes out older info
- 16Interferencewhen new information overwrites older information
- 17Amnesiamemory loss, often through accident, disease or injury
- 18Anterograde amnesianew long-term memories cannot be made
- 19Retrograde amnesiamemories prior to brain injury cannot be recalled
- 20Active reconstructionthe idea that memory is not an exact copy of what we experienced, but an interpretation or reconstruction of events that are influenced by our schema when we remember them again
- 21Schema (memory)a packet of knowledge about an event, person or place that influences how we perceive and remember
- 22Omissionleaving out unfamiliar, irrelevant or unpleasant details when remembering something
- 23Transformationwhen details are changed to make them more familiar and rational
- 24Familiarisationwhen unfamiliar details are changed to align with our own schema
- 25Rationalisationwhen we add details into our recall to give a reason for something that may not have originally fit with a schema
- 26Cognitive interviewa police interview designed to ensure a witness to a crime does not actively reconstruct their memory
- 27Ecological validitythe extent to which the findings still explain the behaviour in different situations
- 28Subjectivebased on personal opinions or feelings
- 29Sensory registerour immediate memory of sensory information
- 30Attentionfocus on certain sensory information
- 31Trigrama set of three letters that make a meaningless string of letters
- 32Iconic memorythe sensory register for visual information
- 33Echoic memorythe sensory register for auditory information
- 34Modality freenot linked to a specific type of sensory information
- 35Primarythe tendency to recall words at the beginning of a list when asked to remember it
- 36Recencythe tendency to recall words at the end of a list when asked to remember it
- 37Serial reproductiona technique where participants retell something to another participant to form a chain; this is how folk stories are passed through time and culture
- 38Repeated reproductiona technique where participants are asked to recall something again and again
- 39Reliablewhen the outcomes of a study are consistent
- 40Statistical analysismathematical calculations to see if findings could be due to chance
- 41Standardised proceduewhere the procedure of a study is the same across all conditions
- 42Extraneous variablesvariables that could affect the results of a study
- 43Mundane realisma realistic, everyday task
- 44Reductionismthe theory of explaining something according to its basic constituent parts
- 45Reductionistthe practice of reductionism
- 46Holismthe theory of explaining something as a whole
- 47Holisticthe practice of holism
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- Chapter Two - Memory. All the psychological vocab
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- Caitlyn Salter · Mar 2020
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