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- 1DurationHow long your memory can store the information.
For example in short term it's 18-20 seconds and for long term is minutes to hours to forever.. - 2CapacityHow much information your memory can store.
For example in short term its 8-9 items and in long term it's potentially unlimited. - 3EncodingHow your memory changes the information so it can store it. In short term memory this is acoustic or visual and in long term memory this is semantic
- 4Ecological validityIs the real life and could it be really apply behavior in the study to behavior in real life
- 5SemanticThe meaning and how long term memory is encoded for example you may remember the meaning e.g. fat, obese, chubby but not the actual word.
- 6AcousticThis is how things are encoded in the long term memory and how we hear words. For example words which are acoustically similar like cat, map, cab and can.
- 7Elaborative rehearsalThe more you rehearse a piece of information, the easier you will find it to remember as it will progress into your long term memory.
An example of this is mind maps - 8Role of OrganisationOrganizing information effectively allows you to create links between things for example images and words.
This will become easier then to recall the information. - 9Dual Coding HypothesisThat there are two cognitive sub systems, one specialized for the representation and processing of non-verbal objects.
The other is specialized for dealing with language.
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- A-Level Pyschology FlashCards sobre Key words, criado por justalonleystar em 26-09-2014.
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