Memory Processes
Q:What is the term for changing information into a form that can be stored in memory?
Answer:Encoding
Q: What is the memory store that briefly holds information received through our senses?
Answer: Sensory register
Q: What is the general term for memory loss?
Answer: Amnesia
Q: What is the term for a mental framework of knowledge built from previous experiences?
Answer: Schema
Q: What is the term for a three-letter combination of consonants used in Peterson and Peterson's research?
Answer: Trigram
Q: What is the term for keeping information in memory over time?
Answer: Storage
Q: What is the memory store that holds a limited amount of information for a short period?
Answer: Short-term memory (STM)
Q: What type of amnesia involves difficulty forming new long-term memories after brain damage?
Answer: Anterograde amnesia
Q: What is the theory that suggests memories are actively rebuilt rather than recalled as exact copies?
Answer: Theory of Reconstructive Memory
Q: What is the term for a procedure in which participants recall the same material repeatedly over time?
Answer: Repeated reproduction
Q: What is the term for accessing information that has previously been stored in memory?
Answer: Retrieval
Q: What is the memory store with a potentially unlimited capacity and duration?
Answer: Long-term memory (LTM)
Q: What type of amnesia involves losing memories formed before a brain injury?
Answer: Retrograde amnesia
Q: What is the term for leaving out unfamiliar or unpleasant details when recalling information?
Answer: Omission
Q: What is the term for a procedure in which one participant recalls information and passes it to another participant, who then recalls it?
Answer: Serial reproduction
Q: What is the term for the amount of information a memory store can hold?
Answer: Capacity
Q: What is the process of focusing on sensory information so that it can enter short-term memory?
Answer: Attention
Q: What type of amnesia is illustrated when someone remembers their childhood but cannot form new long-term memories?
Answer: Anterograde amnesia
Q: What is the term for changing unfamiliar information to make it more familiar or logical?
Answer: Transformation
Q: What is the term for the tendency to remember items at the beginning of a list better?
Answer: Primacy effect
Q: What is the term for how long information can remain in a memory store?
Answer: Duration
Q: What is the process of repeating information to help retain it in short-term memory or transfer it to long-term memory?
Answer: Rehearsal
Q: What type of amnesia is illustrated when someone can form new memories but cannot recall events from before an accident?
Answer: Retrograde amnesia
Q: What is the term for changing unfamiliar details to fit an existing schema?
Answer: Familiarisation
Q: What is the term for the tendency to remember items at the end of a list better?
Answer: Recency effect
Q: What is the term for encoding information according to its meaning rather than its sound or appearance?
Answer: Semantic encoding
Q: What are the terms for the sensory memory of visual information and the sensory memory of sound?
Answer: Iconic memory and echoic memory
Q: What is the key difference between anterograde and retrograde amnesia?
Answer: Anterograde amnesia affects the formation of new long-term memories, whereas retrograde amnesia affects the recall of previously formed memories
Q: What is the term for adding details to a memory to make it more logical or provide an explanation?
Answer: Rationalisation
Q: What is the term for a variable other than the independent variable that could influence the dependent variable?
Answer: Extraneous variable