memory

Question 1

how does the sensory register code

Answer 1

modality specific

Question 2

what is the sensory registers capacity

Answer 2

unlimited

Question 3

what is the duration of the sensory register

Answer 3

less than 0.5 seconds

Question 4

how does the stm code

Answer 4

acoustically (similar sounding)

Question 5

what is the capacity of the stm

Answer 5

5-9 items

Question 6

what is the duration of the stm

Answer 6

18-30 seconds

Question 7

how does the ltm code

Answer 7

semantically (same meaning)

Question 8

what is the capacity of the ltm

Answer 8

unlimited

Question 9

what is the duration of the ltm

Answer 9

potentially forever

Question 10

who provided research into coding

Answer 10

baddeley

Question 11

what did baddeley do

Answer 11

show participants a list of words either acoustically/semantically un/similar , made them recall either immediately or after a delay - immediate more mistakes on acoustic but delayed more mistakes on semantic

Question 12

who did research into the duration of the ltm

Answer 12

bahrick

Question 13

what did bahrick do

Answer 13

asked people to name their former classmates, either with a yearbook or without - yearbook = more recall

Question 14

what is a strength of baddeleys research

Answer 14

high control over extraneous variables = lab setting

Question 15

what does bahrick’s research have

Answer 15

high mundane realism

Question 16

what does bahrick’s research lack

Answer 16

control over extraneous variables

Question 17

what are the 3 stores of the msm

Answer 17

sensory register, stm and ltm

Question 18

who came up with the msm

Answer 18

atkinson and shiffrin

Question 19

what model is the msm

Answer 19

a structural model

Question 20

the msm suggests that the ltm and stm are _ stores

Answer 20

unitary

Question 21

the msm suggests that info flows in a _ way

Answer 21

linear

Question 22

info passes from the sr to stm when you

Answer 22

pay attention

Question 23

if _ occurs, info is held longer in the stm

Answer 23

maintenance rehearsal

Question 24

to recall information it must transfer from the ltm to stm via ___

Answer 24

retrieval

Question 25

research to support msm

Answer 25

clive wearing - can’t transfer from stm to ltm

Question 26

what does clive wearing case study lack

Answer 26

pop val

Question 27

who proposed the wmm

Answer 27

baddeley and hitch

Question 28

the wmm suggests that the stm is _

Answer 28

seperate different stores

Question 29

the central executive ___ tasks

Answer 29

delegates

Question 30

what tasks does the central executive take over

Answer 30

new/demanding

Question 31

what is the capacity of the central executive

Answer 31

very limited

Question 32

what information goes to the phonological loop

Answer 32

auditory

Question 33

what are the two parts of the phonological loop

Answer 33

phonological store and articulatory loop

Question 34

what store takes in visual information

Answer 34

visuo spatial sketch pad

Question 35

what info does the vss store

Answer 35

visual and spatial

Question 36

what are the two parts of the vss

Answer 36

visual cache and inner scribe

Question 37

what general store combines information and transfers it to the ltm

Answer 37

episodic buffer

Question 38

research to support wmm

Answer 38

patient kf

Question 39

explain patient kf

Answer 39

recall for digits poor when read but better when he could see them

Question 40

what is a weakness of patient kf

Answer 40

low pop val

Question 41

what are the 2 explanations for forgetting

Answer 41

interference theory and forgetting due to absence of cues

Question 42

proactive is when _ information distrupts the recall of _

Answer 42

past , recent

Question 43

retroactive is when _ distrupts the recall of _

Answer 43

recent , past

Question 44

research to support interference theory comes from

Answer 44

mcgeoch and mcdonald

Question 45

what did mcgeoch and mcdonalds research do

Answer 45

gave ppts words to learn, then gave them a second list to interfere. asked to recall list a

Question 46

what does mcgeoch and mcdonald’s research lack

Answer 46

mundane realism

Question 47

what forgetting occurs when there is a lack of external cues due to a different environment from when info was coded

Answer 47

context dependent

Question 48

what forgetting occurs due to a lack of internal cues due to a different physical or emotional state

Answer 48

state dependent

Question 49

research to support context dependent forgetting comes from

Answer 49

godden and baddeley - land or water

Question 50

what does godden and baddeleys research lack

Answer 50

mundane realism

Question 51

who developed the cognitive interview

Answer 51

fisher and geiselman

Question 52

what are the 4 techniques of cognitive interviews

Answer 52

recall everything recall in reverse recall from changed perspective context reinstatement

Question 53

what is recall everything

Answer 53

witness asked to recall all details even if it seems trivial

Question 54

what is context reinstatement

Answer 54

witness asked to place themselves at scene of crime and imagine the environment and their emotions

Question 55

what is recall in reverse

Answer 55

witness asked to report events in different chronological order

Question 56

what is recall from changed perspective

Answer 56

witness asked to recall from someone else’s perspective

Question 57

how does recall everything help

Answer 57

might trigger a memory

Question 58

how does context reinstatement help

Answer 58

cues trigger memories

Question 59

how does recall in reverse help

Answer 59

prevents schema

Question 60

how does recall from changed perspective help

Answer 60

prevents schema

Question 61

research to support cog interview comes from

Answer 61

koknken- met analysis of 55 cog/standard interviews = cognitive showed 41% increase in accurate info

Question 62

however what did koknken state

Answer 62

more inaccurate info is recalled