Memory Flashcards
Define Cognitive Psychology
Peoples thought processes and how they affect behaviour.
Define Memory
Process of retaining learned information and accessing when needed.
What are the 3 processes in memory?
Coding
Storage
Retrieval
What is coding?
How information is changed for storage in memory.
What is storage?
Keeping information in memory until needed.
What is retrieval?
Recovering information in memory when needed.
What are the 3 memory stores?
Sensory Register
Short Term Memory
Long Term Memory
What is the Sensory Register?
Short duration store retaining unprocessed impressions of information received through the senses.
Iconic Store for visual.
Echoic Store for auditory.
What is STM?
Temporary store for information received from SR.
What is LTM?
Permanent store holding unlimited amounts of information for potentially a lifetime.
Define Capacity
The amount of information that can be held before new information displaces it.
Define Displacement
When information is pushed out of memory by new information.
Define Duration
How long information can be held in a store before it is lost to decay.
Define Decay
When information dies away.
