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Memory key terms
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- 1EncodingChanging information so it can be stored
- 2StorageHolding information in the memory system
- 3RetreievalRecovering information from the storage
- 4Mulit-storeThe idea that information passes through a series of memory stores
- 5Sensory storeHold information recived from the senses for a very short period of time
- 6Short-term storeHold approximtaly seven chunks of information for a limited amount of time
- 7Long-term storeHolds a vast amount of information for a very long period of time
- 8Recency effectInformation received later is recalled better then earlier information
- 9Primacy effectThe first information received is recalled better than later information
- 10Re constructive memoryAltering our recollection of things so that they make more sense to us
- 11Structural processingThinking about the physical appearence of words to be learnt
- 12Phonetic processingThinking about the sound of words to be learnt
- 13Semantic processingThinking about the meaning of words to be learnt
- 14Levels of processingThe depth at which information is thought about when trying to learn it
- 15InterfernceThings that we gave learnt that make it difficult to recall other information that we have learnt
- 16Retroactive interferenceWhen information we have recently learnt hinders our ability to recall information we have learnt previously
- 17Proactive interfenceWhen information we have already learnt hinders our ability to recall new information
- 18ContextThe general setting or environment in which activities happen
- 19Aneterograde amnesiaBeing unable to learn new information after suffering brain damage
- 20HippocampusA brain structure that is crucial for memory
- 21Retrograde amnesiaLoss of memory for events that happened before brain damage occurred
- 22ReliablityIn the context of eyewitness testimony the extent to which it can be regarded as accurate
- 23Leading questionA question that hints to a particular answer
- 24Cognitive interviewA method of questioning witnesses that involves recreating the context of an event
- 25SterotypeAn oversimplified generalised set of ideas that we have about others
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