GCSE AQA PSYCHOLOGY - MEMORY EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED GRADED A++

GCSE AQA PSYCHOLOGY - MEMORY EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED GRADED A++ the flow of information through memory sensory memory - short term memory-long term memory the flow of information in memory encoding- storage-retrieval encoding when you change information so that it can be stored storage holding information in the memory system retrieval recovering information from storage what is meant by the mulitstore the idea that information passes through a series of memory stores what occurs in the sensory store it's information is received from the senses and is held for a very short period of time what happens in the short term memory it holds 5-9 items for up to 30 seconds describe what occurs in the long term store it holds a vast amount of information for up to a lifetime duration of short term memory up to 30 seconds duration of sensory memory less than a second duration of long term memory a lifetime capacity for sensory memory very limited capacity capacity for long term memory unlimited capacity for short term memory 5-9 recency effect information received later, is recalled better than earlier information primacy effect first information received is recalled better than subsequent information practical implication of the multistore model remembering a car number plate because its not usually longer than 7 numbers/letters. with rehearsal it would be remembered in the log term memory. leading questions a question that hints that a particular type of answer is required context the general setting or environment in which activities happen interference things we have learn't that make it difficult to recall other information that we have learnt the brain structure that is crucial for memory hippocampus retroactive interference occurs when new information interfere with the ability to recall old information anterograde amnesia