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GCSE Psychology · key term
The form in which information is represented in memory, such as by its sound or meaning.
Used by AQA and OCR
Paper 1
Changing information into a form that can be stored in memory.
Revise: Memory ProcessesEncoding changes information into a form that can be stored: it is the input process. Storage holds that information over time. Retrieval recovers stored information so that we can use it: it is the output process.
Paper 2
In an application question, link your answer to the person’s actions: explaining information in their own words suggests semantic encoding because they are processing its meaning.
Distinguish semantic encoding, a way of coding information, from semantic memory, a type of long-term memory.
Compare the stores using the same feature: duration with duration, capacity with capacity, and encoding with encoding.
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The conversion of information into a mental form that can be stored, such as a code based on sound, appearance or meaning.
Information processing describes these mental operations as five stages: input, encoding, storage, retrieval and output.
