Memory Flashcards
What is the first receiver of environmental input in the MSM?
Sensory register
What is the capacity of the STM?
7+/-2 (Jacobs)
What is the duration of the STM?
30 seconds (Petersons and Petersons)
What is the capacity of the LTM?
Unlimited
How many chunks can a person remember?
5-9
What are the names of the three store proposed by Tulving?
Episodic, Semantic and Procedural
What is the one type of memory that requires no conscious thought?
Procedural
What are Semantic memories?
General knowledge of things for example you sit on a chair.
What are the three stores in the working model of memory?
Visuospatial sketchpad, Episodic Buffer and Phonological loop
What controls where the attention is put in the working model of memory?
The central executive
Define proactive interference.
When past learning interferes with current learning.
Define retroactive interference.
When current or new learning interferes with past learning.
Define interference.
When one memory blocks another causing one or both memories to be forgotten.
Define retrieval failure.
Where information is present in the LTM but cannot be accessed as the retrieval cues are not present.
What are three factors that can affect EWT
Leading Questions, Post event discussion and Anxiety.
