Psychology GCSE
Procedural memory
What Procedural memory means in Psychology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Procedural memory
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Reference: AQA
Stores the skills needed to perform actions, such as riding a bike or tying shoelaces, and these skills are often hard to describe in words.
Topics that use Procedural memory
- 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
Using Procedural memory in the exam
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