Key Words

Question 1

Capacity

Answer 1

Amount of information we can store

5-9 / 7+-2

Question 2

Duration

Answer 2

Length of time memory can last for

Question 3

Encoding

Answer 3

The way we process information

Question 4

Computer metaphor

Answer 4

Used by cognitive psychologists to describe memory

Question 5

Chunking

Answer 5

Memory technique where you group several items into one e.g. BBC

Question 6

Confounding variable

Answer 6

A study of the environment that affects the behaviour your measuring e.g difficulty of a test (who’s missing game)