Cognitive Psychology Flashcards

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What was the aim of Sebastian and hernandez-gil

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To investigate the development of the phonological loop as a component of the working memory model

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What was the procedure of the hernandez and gil

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570 volunteers
Schoolchildren from private and public schools 5-17
The dependent variables was the mean digit span
They were given a sequence of random digits and gradually increased by one in length each time
Participants listened to each sequence and then were asked to repeat them in order

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How the sequence increase

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The task began with three sequences of 3 digits and then three sequences of four digits and so on

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What were the findings Sebastian and hernandez

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The older you are the higher your digit span would be as the 5year old had a mean digit span of 3.76 and 17 year old had a digit span of 5.91

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What was the mean digit 5 Yr old

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3.76

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What was the mean digit 7 Yr old

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5.91

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What was the results for the different language speakers Sebastian

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The average digit span was lower foe Spanish children compared to English children

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What was the conclusion S/H

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Digit span increase as age goes up

English has fewer syllables in than Spanish speakers therefore it would be harder to remember

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What is a weakness of Sebastian

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Low mundane realism
Recalling random numbers is not a task we do in every day life
As remember a phone number is not a random number
Therefore the findings digit span task do not apply to real life scenarios

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What is the strength of Sebastian

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High internal validity
High level of control
Participants given the exact same random numbers
Standardised procedures
Experiment can be replicable as they were able to carry out the same procedure as the Anglo saxons

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What is the semantic nature

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Based on facts

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What is the episodic nature

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Based on feeling

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What is the time referencing of semantic

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Doesn’t have be recalled in chronological order

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What is the time referencing of episodic

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Memories are recalled in chronological order

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What is the spatial referencing for semantic

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Fragmented - information learnt different times and all put together

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What is the spatial referencing for episodic

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Continuous over a time frame

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What is the retrieval and forgetting of semantic

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Retrieval is doesnt require context of learning context and semantic memory is less likely to be changed as its a fact

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What is the forgetting and retrieval for episodic memory

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Recall is dependant on context in which the even was learned
For a example going back to your old school and getting old memories back
Memories are easily changed

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Babbeley aim

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To investigate if the ltm encodes semantically or acoustically

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How many ppl were in the baddeley study

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72 Cambridge volunteer men and women

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What was the independent variable of baddeley

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Acoustically similar or acoustically dissimilar
Semantically similar or Semantically dissimilar

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Dependent variable of baddeley

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How many words you can recall in the correct order

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Acoustically similar:
Acoustically dissimilar:

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Man can
Pit few

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Semantically similar
Semantically dissimilar

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Great large
Good huge

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Procedure baddeley
Ppts shown 10 words for 3 seconds Given 8 random numbers and made to write it down 3x Repeated steps then give a 15-20 min break and then we're asked to recall the words in the correct order unexpectedly
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Results of baddeley
Semantically similar has the worst initial learning and greater performance difference So therefore ltm is encoded Semantically
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strength of baddeley
High internal validity Everyone was given the same common English words such as man can and not complex words so the dependent variable accurately measures recall of words and not how hard it is to remember complex words
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Weakness of baddeley
Mundane realism No one remembers in real life scenarios remember the sequence of word based on sound or meaning similar things in order but is based on contextual cues which suggest that the result of ltm memory being encoded semantically may be exaggerated
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Ideographic approach
Focuses in detail about specific topics and specific individuals
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HM quantitative dats
Stores from star test that's measures procedural memories Weight difference Brain scan (mri
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Qualitative data hm
He knows what a dog is but can’t remember petting the dog
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Primary data
Direct observations Remembered food but can’t remember eating Star test Dogs
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Secondary data
Notes from surgeons Observation from parents helped us to know that his personality is the same
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What must we say for hm
Case studies change also utilise
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Strength of HM
HM is used to study rare behaviour For example some types of brain damage are specific to a particular individual and therefore there memory experience will be unique and impossible to recreate in lab controlled. Due to practical limitations or ethical concerns Making case studies useful as it gives rich insight into factors that affect human behaviour
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Weakness of hm
Violated ethical concerns As we know his name so it may cUzs distress tk his family etc
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Everything to be mentioned for Hm
Ideological approach Quantitative data Qualitative data Primary data Secondary data