Cognitive Psychology

Question 1

According to the multi-store model, what are the three stages of memory?

Answer 1

Encoding, Storage, Retrieval

Question 2

Who proposed the MSM?

Answer 2

Atkinson and Shriffin

Question 3

What is the duration of the SM?

Answer 3

Milliseconds

Question 4

What is the duration of the STM?

Answer 4

15-20 seconds

Question 5

What is the duration of the LTM?

Answer 5

Lifetime

Question 6

What is the capacity of the SM, STM and LTM?

Answer 6

Unknown
7 +/- 2 items
Limitless

Question 7

What is encoding?

Answer 7

Changing incoming information so that it cane stored

Question 8

How is information encoded in the STm and LTM?

Answer 8

Acoustically and Semantically

Question 9

Who proposed the MSM?

Answer 9

Atkinson and Shiffrin

Question 10

Research into the capacity of the STM

Answer 10

Miller 7+/- 2

Question 11

Duration of STM Research

Answer 11

Peterson and Peterson
Consonant trigrams
no rehearsal
3secs 80%recall
18secs 10% recall

Question 12

Encoding in STM

Answer 12

Conrad

Acoustically

Question 13

Duration of LTM

Answer 13

Barrack et al ( yearbook)
400 HS grads
Recall decreased after 47yrs

Question 14

Encoding in LTM

Answer 14

Baddeley

Semantically

Question 15

MSM Supporting Research

Answer 15

Clive Wearing case study

Question 16

Who proposed the WMM?

Answer 16

Badly and Hitch

Question 17

WMM supporting research

Answer 17

KF case study
STM impaired
Good visual but bad verbal

Question 18

EWT and Anxiety

Answer 18

Loftus- Weapon Effect

Question 19

EWT and Age

Answer 19

Yarmey- Young and Elderly Adults

Simulated incident

Elderly failed to mention a knife in hand

Question 20

EWT and Leading Qs.

Answer 20

Loftus and Palmer- verb study

Question 21

EWT and Misleading Qs.

Answer 21

Loftus et al

‘Stop’ and ‘Give way’

Question 22

Cognitive interview

Answer 22

Fisher and Geiselman