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Memory Keywords
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- 1Encoding (memory)Changing information so that it can be stored.
- 2Storage (memory)Holding information in the memory system.
- 3Retrieval (memory)Recovering information from storage.
- 4Multi-store (memory)The idea that information passes trough a series of memory stores.
- 5Sensory store (memory)Holds information received from the senses for a very short period of time.
- 6Short-term store (memory)Holds approximately SEVEN chunks of information for a limited amount of time.
- 7Long-term store (memory)Holds a vast amount of information for a very long period of time.
- 8The flow of information in memory (memory)ENCODING
STORAGE
RETRIEVAL - 9Recency effect (memory)Information received later is recalled better than earlier information.
- 10Primacy effect (memory)The first information received is recalled better than subsequent information.
- 11Reconstructive information (memory)Altering our recollection of things so that they make more sense to us.
- 12Structural processing (memory)Thinking about the PHYSICAL appearance of words to be learnt
- 13Phonetic processing (memory)Thinking about the SOUND of words to be learnt.
- 14Semantic processing (memory)Thinking about the MEANING of words to be learnt.
- 15Levels of processing (memory)The depth at which information is thought about when trying to learn It.
- 16Interference (memory)Things that we have learnt that make it more difficult to recall other information that we have learnt.
- 17Retroactive interference (memory)When information we have recently learnt hinders our ability to recall information we have learnt previously.
- 18Proactive interference (memory)When information we have already learnt hinders our ability to recall new information.
- 19Context (memory)The general setting or environment in which activities happen.
- 20Anterograde Amnesia (memory)Being UNABLE to learn NEW information after suffering brain damage.
- 21Hippocampus (memory)A brain structure that is crucial for memory.
- 22Retrograde AmnesiaLoss of memory for events that happened BEFORE brain damage occurred.
- 23Reliability (memory)In the context of eye witness testimony, the extent to which it can be regarded as accurate.
- 24Leading Questions (memory)A question that hints that a particular type of answer is required.
- 25Cognitive interview (memory)A method of questioning witnesses that involves recreating he context of an event.
- 26Stereotype (memory)An over simplified, generalised set of ideas that we have about others, for example, secondary teachers are strict, intimidating, scary and male.
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