individual differences in memory

Question 1

what cultural differences are involved in memory

Answer 1

memory is universal
all have working memory
schemas differ

Question 2

evaluate culture as an individual difference

Answer 2

mary mullen - 700 caucasian and asian students, describe earlies memory, asians remeber 6 months after caucasian

sebastian and hernandez gil - digit span in spanish

Question 3

what developmental differences are there in memory

Answer 3

memory improves with age then declines

Question 4

evaluate developmental differences in memory

Answer 4

sebastian and hernandez gill - digit span increases as children get older

loftus - 20-35 year olds had 75% accuracy, 65+ had 50% accuracy

Question 5

what gender differences are there in memory

Answer 5

no significant differences

Question 6

evaluate gender differences in memory

Answer 6

wang - females have better memory of other female faces

males have better spacid memory

loftus - elderly women more accurate than elderly men

Question 7

what personality differences are there in memory

Answer 7

introverts have better LTM, extroverts more focused on present so dont rehearse but pay more attention to sensory experiences

Question 8

what other differences are there in memory

Answer 8

photographic memory - stephen wiltshire
kim peek - read 12,00 books and could recall them all
highly superior authobiographical memory - AJ could remeber every detail of her life from age of 14