psychology

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what does cognition mean

a thought; a mental action

what does cognitive mean

to do with thinking

what does encoding mean

info that we process and recall straight away, stores info we are currently aware of

what are the three types of memory’s

-sensory memory

-short-term memory

-long-term memory

what is the capacity and duration for sensory

-large capacity

-very short duration(milliseconds)

what is the capacity and duration for short-term

-limited capacity(7+or- 2)

-short duration(18-30)

what is the capacity and duration for long-term

-potentially unlimited capacity

-long duration(years or a lifetime)

what does acoustically mean

info is encoded to the sound of the word

what does semantically mean

info is encoded to it’s meaning

what was the conclution of Baddeley’s 1966 experiment

info is encoded into STM acoustically

what findings did Jacob have

that for digits the mean span was 9.3 items

mean span for letters was 7.3

what finding did miller have

can hold 5-9 chunks in STM

chunking can increase the amount of info we can hold in the STM

what is a chunk

a basic unit of info

what findings did peterson and peterson have

correct recall fades after 3 seconds

what was baddelys findings for LTM

info is encoded into LTM semantically

what did nelson and rothbert find

some info is stored acoustically in the LTM

found errors with homophones

what did bahrick find

that memory for faces is a unique and durable type of long term memory-retained for many years with a small decline over time

2 strengths of bahricks experiment

-it was a controlled procedure

-it was over a long time period

2 negatives of bahricks experiment

-there was a lack of generalisability

-there was limited info

what is semantic memory

is our store of general knowledge about the world

what is episodic memory

memory for personally experienced events, details abt what,when and where it happened,people and emotions involved

what is procedural memory

how to do things-actions and skills that have learned through practice

what are the 2 types of LTM

-explicit(declarative)

-implicit(non-declarative)

what is explicit

info that can be recalled and described while conscious

what is implicit

info that is not consciously recalled(automatic)

what are the 2 types of explicit memory

-episodic

-semantic

what are the 2 types of implicit memory

-procedural

-emotional conditioning