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Capacity

Capacity, Duration and Coding

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The amount of data a store can hold

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Serial recall

Capacity, Duration and Coding

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A method of testing memory by asking participants to ask them to repeat information in order (usually a list of numbers)

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Duration

Capacity, Duration and Coding

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The length of time a store can hold data

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Coding

Capacity, Duration and Coding

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The way in which information is changed in order to be stored in memory

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Sensory memory

Multistore Model of Memory

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The first store in the MSM. Picks up information from the senses for a very limited time

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Short term memory

Multistore Model of Memory

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A temporary memory store which holds information that has had attention paid to it for roughly 18-30 seconds

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Long term memory

Multistore Model of Memory

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A permanent and virtually unlimited memory store from the MSM

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Maintenance rehearsal

Multistore Model of Memory

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Repeating information over and over again to transfer from STM to LTM

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Decay

Multistore Model of Memory

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When a memory disappears over time

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Displacement

Multistore Model of Memory

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When a memory store runs out of capacity and information is ‘pushed out’ by other information

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Retrieval

Multistore Model of Memory

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When information is recalled from LTM back to STM

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Central executive

Working Memory Model

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The master store of the WMM, responsible for directing information to the appropriate slave system

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Phonological loop

Working Memory Model

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A slave system of the WMM used for processing sounds and auditory information

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Visuospatial sketchpad

Working Memory Model

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A slave system of the WMM used for processing visual and spatial informatio

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Episodic buffer

Working Memory Model

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The most recently added slave system of the WMM, responsible for integrating information to make sense for the LTM

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Semantic memory

Types of LTM

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Memories of the meaning of things

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Episodic memories

Types of LTM

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Memories of events

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Procedural memories

Types of LTM

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Memories of skills and processes

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Explicit/Declarative memories

Types of LTM

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Memories that you have to consciously think about, including episodic and semantic

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Implicit/Non-declarative memories

Types of LTM

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Memories that are unconscious, and do not need to be explicitly thought about, including procedural

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Interference

Explanations for forgetting

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An explanation for forgetting that claims information is lost due to confusion with other, similar information

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Proactive interference

Explanations for forgetting

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When old information affects our ability to learn new information

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Retroactive interference

Explanations for forgetting

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When new information affects our ability to remember old information

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Retrieval Failure

Explanations for forgetting

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When information is unable to be transferred from LTM to STM due to a lack of cues

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Context dependant forgetting

Explanations for forgetting

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An explanation of why trying to recall something in a different situation to when you learnt it is difficult

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State dependent forgetting

Explanations for forgetting

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An explanation of why trying to recall something in a different mental state or emotion to when you learnt it is difficult

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Misleading questions

Eyewitness Testimony

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Incorrect information/ideas presented to a witness, usually after the event. Examples include leading questions and post-event discussion

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Leading question

Eyewitness Testimony

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A question which implies or favours a particular answer - e.g. ‘Was he wearing a brown jacket?’

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Post event discussion

Eyewitness Testimony

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The idea that your memory of an event can be affected by talking to people about it after the event, perhaps due to memory conformity

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Anxiety

Eyewitness Testimony

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A factor affecting EWT - the stress a witness felt during the event

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Weapon focus

Eyewitness Testimony

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The theory that people tend to focus on threatening objects rather than faces

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Report everything

Eyewitness Testimony

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Asking the witness to recall every aspect of an event, even if it seems irrelevant

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Cognitive interview

Eyewitness Testimony

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A technique for improving eye witness testimony

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Change perspective

Eyewitness Testimony

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A cognitive interview technique where the witness is asked to recall the events from another witness’ point of view

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Change order

Eyewitness Testimony

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A cognitive interview technique where the witness is asked to recall events in a non-chronological order to disrupt schema

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Context reinstatement

Eyewitness Testimony

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When the witness is asked to put themselves back in the same mental state they were in during an event

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