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Description
Flashcards by Pip Mooney, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Pip Mooney
over 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Capacity | The measure of how much can be held in memory |
| Coding | The way information is changed so that it can be stored in memory |
| Duration | A measure of how long a memory lasts before it is no longer available |
| Multi-store model | An explanation of memory based on 3 separate memory stores, and how information is transferred between these stores |
| Sensory register | This is the information at the sense - it is retained for a very brief period of time |
| Working memory model - Central executive | Monitors and coordinates all other mental functions in working memory |
| Working memory model - Episodic buffer | Receives input from many sources, temporarily stores this info. |
| Working memory model - Phonological loop | Codes speech sounds in working memory, involving maintenance rehearsal |
| Working memory model - Visuo-spatial sketchpad | Codes visual information in terms of separate objects as well as the arrangement of these objects in one's visual field |
| Working memory model | An explanation of the memory used when working on a task |
| Episodic memory | Personal memories of events. Includes contextual details + emotional tone |
| Procedural memory | Memory for how to do things. They are automatic as the result of repeated practice |
| Semantic memory | Shared memory of facts and knowledge. |
| Interference | An explanation for forgetting. One memory disruptes the ability to recall the other |
| Proactive interference (PI) | Past learning interfere with current attempts to learn |
| Retroactive interference (RI) | Current attempts to learn interfere with past learning |
| Retrieval failure | An explanation for getting bcos the issue relates to being able to retrieve a memory that is there but no accessible. |
| Eyewitness testimony | Evidence provided in court by a person who witnessed a crime |
| Misleading information | Supplying information that may lead a witness memory to being altered |
| Anxiety | An emotional state that is often accompanied by increased heart rate and rapid breathing |
| Cognitive interview | Police technique for interviewing witness at a crime. |
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