Psychology GCSE
Visual, acoustic and semantic codes
What Visual, acoustic and semantic codes means in Psychology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Visual, acoustic and semantic codes
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Reference: AQA
Ways information can be encoded: as an image of a shape just seen, as a phone number repeated in your head, or as the meaning of a fact.
Topics that use Visual, acoustic and semantic codes
- 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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