MEMORY

Question 1

STRENGTH OF DIFF TYPES OF LTM

Answer 1

clinical studies of amnesis
HM CLIVE WEARING
difficulty remembering events in the past -episodic
Semantic unaffected
Hm did not need concept of dog described
Procedural unaffected- clive could still play piano
Supports diff stores one can be damaged others unaffected

Question 2

Limitation of clinical case studies

Answer 2

Lack control in case studies- they do not know abt persons memory before brain damage
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Question 3

CONFLICTING FINDINGS ABT TYPES OF LTM ABD BRAIN AREAS

Answer 3

Buckner+ peterson- semantic left pre frontal,episodic right pre frontl
Tulving- semantic right pre frontal
This challenges neurophysiological evidence to support types of memory as there is poor aggreement on where each located

Question 4

STRENGTH OF WMM IS SUPPORT FROM CLINICAL EVIDENCE

Answer 4

Shallice n warrington studies KF who had a brain injury
His STM for auditory info was poor - damaged PL- but he could process visual info normally -INTACT VSS
Supports there are sep visual n auditory stores

Question 5

STRENGTH OF WMM- DUAL TASKS

Answer 5

baddeley ppts found it harder to carry out two visual tasks at the same time than do a verbal n visual task
This is bc both visual compete for the same sub sytem
Therefore must be seperate subsystem that process visual process and verbal process

Question 6

LIMITATION OF DUAL TASKS

Answer 6

highly controlled n use tasks that are unlike everyday working memory tasks
challenges validity of model lacks ecological val

Question 7

What is interference

Answer 7

when two pieces of info disrupt each other
forgetting occurs in LTM bc we cant get access to memoriess even tho they r available

Question 8

When is interference strongest

Answer 8

mcgeoch n mcd found most similar material produced worst recalll
interference strongest when memories are similar

Question 9

BADDELEY N HITCH INTERFERENCE IRL

Answer 9

asked rugby players to recall names of teams they had played that season
some players did not play same number of games due to injury
Those who played the most games (most interference) had the poorest recall
shows int occurs in some everyday situations

Question 10

ONE LIMITATION IS THAT INTERFERENCE MAY BE OVERCOME USING CUES

Answer 10

Tulving n Pstoka
gaves ppts list of words organised into categories (not told that they were)
Recall of first list was 70% but fell with each new list (inteference)
When given a cued recall test - names of categories recall rose to 70% again
Shows interference causes temporary loss of access to material still in LTM

Question 11

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