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CCD- coding-
What is coding?

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Information sis stored in different ways in memory, depending on the memory store. The process of converting is called coding.

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CCD- duration-
What is duration?

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How long memories can be stored in each store

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CCD- capacity-
What is capacity?

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How much each memory store can store

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MSM-
What is the sensory register?

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This is where the environmental stimuli enters,

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MSM-
How many register as are in sensory memory?

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5 for ht five senses

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MSM-
What is iconic memory?

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Coding for visual information

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MSM-
What is echoic memory?

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Coding for acoustic information

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MSM-
What is the duration of the sensory register?

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Less than half a second.

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MSM-
What is the capacity for sensory memory?

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Very high, for example over 100 million cells in each eye storing information

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MSM-
What is needed for memories to pass on through the sensory register?

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Pay attention

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MSM- STM-
How is short term memory coded?

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Mainly acoustically

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MSM- STM-
What is the duration (without rehersal)?

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About 18s

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MSM- STM-
What is STM capacity?

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7 +/- 2

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MSM- STM-
What is maintenance rehersal?

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When we repeat information to ourselves over and over again, we can keep information in our STM as long as this occurs.

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MSM- STM-
What makes memories go form the STM to the LTM?

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Continuous maintenance rehersal

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MSM- LTM-
What is the capacity?

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Limitless

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MSM- LTM-
What is the duration?

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A lifetime

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MSM- LTM-
How is it coded?

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Mostly semantically

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MSM- LTM-
How do we access memories form the LTM?

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Through retrieval

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WMM-
What is the working memory model concerned with?

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The mental space which is activated when we are temporarily storing memory’s.

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WMM-
What is the central executive?

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Has a supervisory role, it: monitors data, directs our attention, and allocates subsystems to tasks.

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WMM-
What is the capacity of the central executive?

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Has a limited (processing) capacity and Connor store information

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WMM-
What is the phonological loop?

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It deals with auditory information (coding is acoustic), and preserve the order in which the information arrives.

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WMM-
What two sections is the phonological loop split into?

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The phonological store- which stores the words you hear
The articulatory process- which allows maintenance rehearsal.

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WMM-
What is the duration of the phonological loop?

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2s of auditory information

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WMM-
What is the visuospatial sketchpad?

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Stores visual and/or spatial information when required.

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WMM-
What is the capacity of the visuospatial sketchpad?

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Limited capacity (Baddley said it was 3 to 4 objects)

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WMM-
What was the visuospatial sketchpad split into?

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The visual cache- stores visual data.
The inner scribe- records the arrangement of objects in the visual field

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WMM-
What is the episodic buffer?

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It is a temporary store for information. Integrating the visual, spatial and verbal information and maintaining a sense of time sequencing. Recording episodes that are happening.

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WMM-
What does the episodic buffer link?

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The working memory and the long term memory

31
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Explanations of forgetting- interference-
What are the two the-se of interference?

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Pros active interference and retroactive interference

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Explanations of forgetting- interference-
What is proactive interference?

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Older memories interfere with new ones

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Explanations of forgetting- interference-
What is retroactive interference?

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A new memory interferes with old ones

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Explanations of forgetting- interference-
What is interference?

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When two pieces of information disrupt each other, resulting in forgetting/distorting one or both pieces of information

35
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Explanations of forgetting- interference-
Within which memory store does interference occur within?

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Long term memory

36
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Explanations of forgetting- interference-
What did interference study’s change as the independent variable?

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Changing th amount of similarity within each list or material

37
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Explanations of forgetting- interference-
Why does interference affect recall?

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PI- previously stored information makes it more difficult to store new similar information.
RI- new information overwrites previous similar memories

38
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Explanations of forgetting- retrieval failure-
What is retrieval failure due to?

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The absence of sufficient cues

39
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Explanations of forgetting- retrieval failure-
What is retrieval failure?

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When memories are first laces, cues are stored at the same time, if the cues are absent then it will appear as if we have forgotten the information.

40
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Explanations of forgetting- retrieval failure- ESP-
What does the encoding specificity principle?

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The cues have to be:
- present at encoding
- present at retrieval
If the cues are different or not present it will appear as if we have forgotten

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Explanations of forgetting- retrieval failure- ESP-
What are the two types of forgetting?

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Context-depending forgetting and state dependant forgetting

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Explanations of forgetting- retrieval failure- ESP-
What is context dependant forgetting?

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Recall depends on external cue

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Explanations of forgetting- retrieval failure- ESP-
What is state dependant forgetting?

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Recall depends on internal cue

44
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ET- misleading information- LQ-
What are leading questions?

A

The wording of a question may lead, or mislead, the people who the question is being asked to.

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ET- misleading information- LQ-
What are misleading questions an issue with?

A

Eyewitness testimonies

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ET- misleading information- LQ-
What research corresponded to eyewitness testimonies?

A

The pps watch a car crash.
‘About how fast were the cars travelling when they _____ into each other?’

47
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ET- misleading information- LQ-
Why do misleading questions effect the eyewitness testimony?

A

Due to the response bias explanation. (Believes the wording has no effect on memories, but influences how they decide to answer.)

48
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ET- misleading information- LQ-
What is the response bias explanation?

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The word sing of the question has no real effect on the participants memories, bit just influences how they decide to answer.

49
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ET- misleading information- P-ED-
What is post event discussion?

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When experiences, of the inns like crimes, are discussed after they have occurred, to gain information.

50
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ET- misleading information- P-ED-
Why does post event discussion effect eyewitness testimonies?

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Through memory contamination and memory conformity.

51
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ET- misleading information- LQ-
What is substitution explanation?

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Proposes that the question changes the pps memory of the event, (smashed were most likely to say they saw broken glass)

52
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ET- misleading information- P-ED-
What is memory contamination?

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When co-witnesses to a crime discuss it, their ET may become altered or gdissotreted

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ET- misleading information- P-ED-
What is memory conformity?

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Witnesses often go along with each other, either for social approval or they believe others are right and they are wrong.

54
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ET- anxiety-
What dies anxiety create?

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Psychological arousal within the body

55
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ET- anxiety-
What is weapon focus?

A

Anxiety influenced by the presence of a weapon

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ET- anxiety-
How would anxiety help eyewitness testimonies?

A

Flight or flight would be triggered. This increases alertness.

57
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ET- anxiety-
What is Yerkes-Dodson law?

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Performance will increase with stress, but only until a certain point, where it will decrease drastically.

58
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Cognitive interview-
What was the point of ht eyewitness testimony?

A

To improve the eyewitness testimony

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Cognitive interview-
What is the first step in the cognitive interview?

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Report everything

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Cognitive interview-
What does ‘report everything’ mean?

A

Witnesses are encouraged to report every single detail even though it may seem unimportant to the witnesses.

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Cognitive interview-
What is the second step of the cognitive interview?

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Reinstate the context

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Cognitive interview-
What does ‘reinstate the context’ mean?

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Return to the original crime scene in their mind. This is related to context dependant forgetting.

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Cognitive interview-
What si the third strep int eh cognitive interview?

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Reverse the order

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Cognitive interview-
What is ‘reverse the order’?

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Recalled in a different order than the one in which the events occurred

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Cognitive interview-
What is the fourth step in the cognitive interview?

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Change perspective

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Cognitive interview-
What does ‘change the perspective’ mean?

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Witness should recall the events form someone else’s point of view

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Cognitive interview-
What is the enhanced cognitive interview?

A

Focus on some additional elements to focus on the dynamics of the interaction.

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