Memory

Question 1

Anxiety

Answer 1

State of emotional arousal where there is a feeling or experience of apprehension and uncertainty

Question 2

Capacity

Answer 2

the amount or quantity of information that can be stored in memory.

Question 3

Central executive

Answer 3

Part of working memory that coordinates other components

Question 4

Duration

Answer 4

The length of time information remains in memory

Question 5

Episodic buffer

Answer 5

Part of working memory which is a temporary store integrating information from the other components

Question 6

Episodic memory

Answer 6

Type of long-term memory for information about specific experiences and events in our lives

Question 7

Eyewitness testimony

Answer 7

An account given by people of an event they have witnessed

Question 8

Forgetting

Answer 8

Failure to retrieve memories

Question 9

Leading question

Answer 9

Question phrased in such a way that it prompts a particular kind of answer

Question 10

Post-event discussion

Answer 10

A potential source of misleading information where witnesses discuss what they saw afterwards

Question 11

Working memory model

Answer 11

Model that suggests short-term memory is composed of three, limited capacity stores

Question 12

Visuo-spatial sketchpad

Answer 12

Part of working memory that deals with visual information

Question 13

Semantic memory

Answer 13

Type of long-term memory for information about the world that is not linked to particular contexts or events

Question 14

Retroactive interference

Answer 14

Occurs when newly learned information interferes with and impedes the recall of previously learned information

Question 15

Proactive interference

Answer 15

A cause of forgetting by which previously stored information prevents learning and remembering new information