memory

Question 1

what was Ebbinhaus’ pioneering experiments?

Answer 1

pioneered the experimental study of memory, and is known for his discovery of the forgetting curve and the spacing effect

Question 2

what is Atkinson and Shiffrin’s multi-store model?

Answer 2

• memory is formed from 3 linked storage sub-systems
• sensory; short term; long-term

Question 3

what is Sperling’s sensory store?

Answer 3

documented the existence of iconic memory; an immediate, brief memory of a visual image that lasts no more than half a second.

Question 4

what is the serial position curve?

Answer 4

we tend to remember most of the first items on the list (primacy effect), remember few items from the middle, and remember most of the last items on the list (recency effect)

Question 5

describe Baddeley’s work memory model

Answer 5

a response to the over-simplification of short-term memory in the multi-store model. It is a model of short-term memory with separate units; central executive, phonological loo, visuo-spatial sketchpad and episodic buffer

Question 6

describe Baddeley’s work memory model

Answer 6

a response to the over-simplification of short-term memory in the multi-store model. It is a model of short-term memory with separate units; central executive, phonological loo, visuo-spatial sketchpad and episodic buffer

Question 7

what are the types of long term memory?

Answer 7

• episodic (personal events)
• semantic memory (facts)
• procedural (how to do things)