Statistics for Psychology GCSE Unit 1: Memory

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Holds a vast amount of information for a very long period of time.	Long-Term Store	86%
Holds approximately seven chunks of information for a limited amount of time.	Short-Term Store	82%
Recovering information from storage.	Retrieval	73%
Holds information received from the senses for a very short period of time.	Sensory Store	64%
Changing information so that it can be stored.	Encoding	58%
Holding information in the memory system.	Storage	51%
The idea that information passes through a series of memory stores.	Multi Store Theory	42%
Thinking about the meaning of words to be learnt.	Semantic Processing	40%
Information received later is recalled better than earlier information.	Recency Effect	37%
The first information received is recalled better than subsequent information.	Primacy Effect	33%
A question that hints that a particular type of answer is required.	Leading Question	32%
Loss of memory for events that happened before brain damage occured.	Retrograde Amnesia	21%
Being unable to learn new information after suffering brain damage.	Anterograde Amnesia	17%
Things that we have learnt that make it difficult to recall other information that we have learnt.	Interference	17%
When information we have recently learnt hinders our ability to recall information we have previously learnt.	Proactive Interference	17%
When information we already learnt hinders our ability to recall new information.	Retroactive Interference	17%
A method of questioning witnesses that involves recreating the context of an event.	Cognitive Interview	13%
The general setting or environment in which activities happen.	Context	10%
Thinking about the sound of words to be learnt.	Phonetic Processing	8%
Altering our recollection of things so that they make more sense to us.	Reconstructive Memory	8%
In the context of eyewitness testimony, the extent to which it can be regarded as accurate.	Reliability	4%
Thinking about the physical appearance of words to be learnt.	Structural Processing	4%
The depth at which information is thought about when trying to learn it.	Levels of Processing	2%