Memory

Question 1

Info Processing Model (Multi-store)

Answer 1

sensory (secs)
short-term (30 secs) (5-9 items)
long-term (unlimited and permanent)

serial position theroy, primacy and rececny effects support mulit store theory

Question 2

levels-of-processing model

Answer 2

structural (physical prop), phonemic (sound prop) and semantic (meaning)

smeanitc is the deepest level of processing and greatest recall

Question 3

LTM

Answer 3

Proceduarl and declarative mem, prospective mem

Question 4

Mulit-component Model of WM

Answer 4

phonological loop (temp store auditory)

visio-spatial sketchpad (temp store visual)

episodic buffer (integrates all sensory inf)

central executive (attentional control system)

Question 5

Filter theory of Selective Attention

Answer 5

explains how sensory info is selected and transferred to short-term memory

select most important info to prevent overloading the capacity of stm

Question 6

feature-integration theory

Answer 6

preattentive stage (superfical or basic elements of stimuli), attentive stage (stimuli processed as a whole object)

Question 7

forgetting

Answer 7

Ebinghaus (forgetting curve in which most forgetting happens within the first 4 to 5 days then tapers off)

Trace decay- changes in brain are responible for decay of memory bc of disuse

Interference Theory- intereference is more responisble for forgetting than decay
retroactive interference- the new gets in the way of retrieving the old (recent interferes)

proactive interference- the old gets in the way of retrieving the new (previous interfers)

Cue-dependent forgetting- need retrieval cues to help aid retrieval