The amount of time that a memory can be kept before it is no longer available.
Duration
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A measure of how much can be held in memory.
Capacity
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The way in which information is changed so it can be stored in memory.
Encoding
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Grouping sets of digits or letters into meaningful units.
Chunking
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Memory for events that have happened in the past.
LongTermMemory
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Memory for immediate events.
ShortTermMemory
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A technique used to asses the span of immediate memory.
DigitSpanTechnique
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Information taken in by the senses. Has a capacity of half a second.
SensoryMemory
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An explanation of memory.
Multi-StoreModel
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Monitors and coordinates all other mental functions in the working memory.
CentralExecutive
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Recieves input from many sources and temporarily stores information, intergates it in order to construct a mental episode of what is happening right now.
EpesodicBuffer
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Encodes speech sounds divided into inner ear and outer voice.
PhonologicalLoop
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Inner ear.
PhonologicalStore
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Outer voice.
ArticulatoryProcess
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Encodes visual information, divided into stores information and spatial relations.
Visuo-SpatialSketchpad
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Stores information.
VisualCache
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Spatial relations.
InnerScribe
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People remember lists of short words better than long words.
Word-LenghtEffect
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An explanation of short term memory.
WorkingMemoryModel
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The evidence provided in court by a person who witnessed a crime.
EyeWitnessTestimony
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A question that, either by its form or content, suggests to the witness what answer is desired.
LeadingQuestion
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Information given to a witness after the event.
Post-EventInformation
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A nervous emotional state where we fear that something unpleasant is about to happen.
Anxiety
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A police technique for interviewing witnesses to a crime.
CognitiveInterview
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
A measure of how much can be held in memory.
Back
Capacity
Card 3
Front
The way in which information is changed so it can be stored in memory.
Back
Card 4
Front
Grouping sets of digits or letters into meaningful units.
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