Psychology GCSE
Long-term memory features and transfer processes
What Long-term memory features and transfer processes means in Psychology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Long-term memory features and transfer processes
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Has a large capacity and long duration and is reached through rehearsal from short-term memory, while attention moves information from sensory memory to short-term memory.
Topics that use Long-term memory features and transfer processes
- Memory (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Capacity
- Classifying examples by content
- Coding
- Context-dependent memory
- Distinguishing stores by feature
- Duration
- Effect of delay
- Effort after meaning
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