Memory

Front 1

Short Term Memory

Back 1

Duration measured in seconds and mins.
Limited Capacity and Duration.
short term memories dissappear unless they are rehearsed.

Front 2

Long Term Memory

Back 2

Duration measured in mins. hours, days, months ect.
can last any time between 2minutes to 100years.
Duration and Capacity potentially unlimited.

Front 3

Encoding

Back 3

the way information is changed so it can be stored in the memory.
it is stored in various forms, such as visual codes (picture), acoustic forms (sounds), sematic form (the meaning of the experience)

Front 4

The Multi-Store Model

Back 4

An explanation of how memory processes work.
Divised by Atkinson and Shiffrin (1968).

Front 5

The Working Memory Model

Back 5

Baddeley and Hitch (1974) used the term "working memory" to refer to that bit of memory that you are using when you are working on a complex task which requires you to store information as you go along.

Front 6

Central Executive

Back 6

monitors and co-ordinates all other mental functions in working memory.

Front 7

Phonological loop

Back 7

encodes speech sounds in working memory, typically involving maintenance rehearsal (repeating the words over and over again). This is why this component of working memory is referred to as a "loop".

Front 8

Episodic Buffer

Back 8

Recieves input from many sources, temporarily stores this information, and then integrrates it in order to construct a mental episode of what is being experienced at the time.

Front 9

Visuo-spatial sketchpad

Back 9

encodes visual information in terms of sperate objects as well as the arrangement of theses objects in one's visual field

Front 10

eyewitness testimony (EWT)

Back 10

The evidence produced in court by a person who witnessed a crime, with a view to identify the perpertrator of the crime. The accuracy of eyewitness recall may be affected during initial encoding, subsequent storage and eventual retrieval