Memory

What Memory covers

Memory is examined in Component 02, Studies and applications in psychology 2. It covers information processing and the multi-store model, amnesia and the Clive Wearing case, reconstructive memory and Braun's Disney study and memory in advertising and the Wechsler Memory Scale.

The 4 subtopics

Each one has its own page.

• Information processing and the multi-store modelInput, encoding, storage, retrieval and output, decay, displacement and retrieval failure, and the duration, capacity and encoding of the three stores of the multi-store model.Open →
• Amnesia and the Clive Wearing caseAnterograde and retrograde amnesia, the hippocampus, frontal lobe and cerebellum, episodic, semantic and procedural memory, and Wilson, Kopelman and Kapur's study of Clive Wearing.Open →
• Reconstructive memory and Braun's Disney studySchemas, expectation, confabulation and distortion, leading questions and Loftus and Palmer, and Braun's study of adverts creating false memories of meeting Bugs Bunny.Open →
• Memory in advertising and the Wechsler Memory ScaleCues, repetition, information overload and autobiographical advertising, and the Wechsler Memory Scale as a neuropsychological measure of memory functions.Open →

What you need to know

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Commonly confused

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• Anterograde amnesia vs Retrograde amnesia

  Anterograde amnesia: an inability to form new long-term memories after brain damage. Retrograde amnesia: a loss of memories formed before brain damage.

• Episodic memory vs Semantic memory

  Episodic memory: a store of personal events and experiences. Semantic memory: a store of facts and general knowledge.

• Decay vs Displacement

  Decay: forgetting as a trace fades over time through lack of use. Displacement: forgetting as new items push old ones out of a full short-term store.

Questions from this topic

Each one with the model answer underneath.

1. 1

   What are the five stages of information processing?

   Model answer

   The five stages are input, encoding, storage, retrieval and output. Information passes through the stages in that order.

2. 2

   What happens at the input stage of information processing?

   Model answer

   Input is when information from the environment is taken in through the senses. Sights, sounds and smells are all forms of input.

3. 3

   What is encoding?

   Model answer

   Encoding is changing information into a form that can be stored in memory. Information can be encoded as sounds, images or meanings.

4. 4

   What is the difference between storage and retrieval?

   Model answer

   Storage is holding information in memory over time. Retrieval is getting stored information back out of memory when it is needed.

5. 5

   What is output in information processing?

   Model answer

   Output is the response produced once information has been retrieved and processed. Saying an answer aloud or writing it down are examples of output.

6. 6

   What is decay as a type of forgetting?

   Model answer

   Decay is forgetting because a memory trace fades over time when it is not used. Decay is most often used to explain forgetting from short-term memory.

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Memory revision questions

What does Memory cover in OCR GCSE Psychology?

4 subtopics: information processing and the multi-store model, amnesia and the clive wearing case, reconstructive memory and braun's disney study and memory in advertising and the wechsler memory scale. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.

How is Memory organised?

By the OCR J203 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.