memory

Question 1

what are the 3 names of the stores of the MSM?

Answer 1

sensory register

short term memory

long term memory

Question 2

what is the duration, capactiy and encoding of the sensory register?

Answer 2

duration: 0.5 seconds

encoding: modality specific

capacity: very high

Question 3

what is the duration, capactiy and encoding of the short term memory?

Answer 3

duration: 18-30 seconds

encoding: echoic/ accoustic

capacity: 5-9 items

Question 4

what is the duration, capactiy and encoding of the long term memory

Answer 4

duration: perminant

encoding: semantic

capacity: unlimited

Question 5

who made the multi store model

Answer 5

atkinson and shiffrin

Question 6

what are the 5 stores of the WMM?

Answer 6

phonological loop
episodic buffer
visuo-spacial sketchpad
central executive
long term memory

Question 7

what is in the phonological loop

Answer 7

phonological store

articulatory control system

Question 8

what are in the visuo-spacial sketchpad

Answer 8

visual cache

inner scribe

Question 9

what does the episodic buffer do

Answer 9

the episodic buffer intergrades info processed from other stores into one and sends it to the long term memory.

Question 10

what does the phonological loop do

Answer 10

it stores what you hear and the articulary process is your mantainence rehearsal

Question 11

what does the visuo-spacial sketchpad do

Answer 11

it stores visual data and it has your inner scribe which is where objects are in your visua field

Question 12

what does the central executive do

Answer 12

an attentional process that moniters incoming data and makes decisions and allocates slaves systems to tasks

(NO PROCESSING IS HAPPENING)

Question 13

what are the 3 types of long term memory

Answer 13

procedural

semantic

episodic

Question 14

what is procedural memory

Answer 14

its responsible for knowing how to do things (your motor skills)

Question 15

where is the prcoedural memory stored in the brain

Answer 15

cerebellum

Question 16

what is semantic memory

Answer 16

it is factual information which is also know as our knowledge dictionary

Question 17

where is semantic memory stored in the brain

Answer 17

temporal lobes and hippocampus

Question 18

what are episodic memory

Answer 18

they are time stamped events

Question 19

what are the 2 explanations for forgetting

Answer 19

proactive

retroactive

Question 20

what is proactive interference

Answer 20

where old memories replace new similar memories

Question 21

what is retroactive interference

Answer 21

where new memories start to replace old similar memories

Question 22

what is retrieval failure due to the absence of cues?

Answer 22

where memories cant be accessed because cues from the memory traces of the memories are not there

Question 23

what are context cues

Answer 23

they are cue from the environment that are “hoovered in”to the memory trace

Question 24

what are state cues

Answer 24

they are cues “hoovered in” from your thoughts feeling and emotions

Question 25

what are organisational cues

Answer 25

they are special type of context cues that help us arrange and structure knowledge and materials

Question 26

what are the 2 factors affecting the accuracy of eyewitness testimony

Answer 26

misleading information anxiety

Question 27

what are the 2 types of misleading information

Answer 27

post-event discussion leading questions

Question 28

what are leading questions

Answer 28

a question that is phrased in a certain way to suggest an answer

Question 29

whhat is post-event discussion

Answer 29

where the witnesses memories become contaminated by peoples thoughts and opinions of the story which makes the witnesses memory of the event change and become corrupt

Question 30

what are the 3 ways that PED could damage the EWT

Answer 30

retroactive interference conformity repeat interviewing

Question 31

how can retroactive interference damage EWT

Answer 31

when you witness a crime and see things like media coverage of it in the news or hear a conversation of it,it is going to contaminate your memory of what actually happened to match up with what the news or people are saying

Question 32

how can conformity effect EWT

Answer 32

many EW's want to be liked or right so when they hear peoples views and thoughts on what happen. the witness will alter there memory to match up with the persons story

Question 33

how does repeating interviews damage EWT

Answer 33

due to the reconstructive nature of memory, psychologist believe that repeating questions and having the witness answer them over again in an interview could damage the original memory of the event becuase of retreval failure

Question 34

how does anxiety affect the accuracy of EWT

Answer 34

the witness's anxiety levels will be high, especiallying a threating/dangerous environment so they may not take in their surrounding such as where or who is commiting the crime

Question 35

what did yerkes and dodson find when studying anxiety

Answer 35

they found that there is an optimum level of anxiety to get the best EWT. if you increase the axiety, the witness's accuracy will go up until you hit an optimum level then the witnesses performance declines

Question 36

what is the cognitive interview technique

Answer 36

it is where the police use recall strategies and methods to try and increase the accuracy of the witnesses recall

Question 37

what are the 4 techniques of the cognitive interview

Answer 37

mental reinstatement of orginal context report everything change order change perspective

Question 38

what is change perspective

Answer 38

where the witness is made to try and tell the event in the perspective of someone else

Question 39

why is the change of perspecive in the CI important?

Answer 39

witnesses may fill in the blanks based on what they expect to happen in a situation becuase of their schemas. by changing perspectives, it stops the witness from doing that

Question 40

what is changing order in CI

Answer 40

where the witness is made to describe the event in different order e.g. backwards

Question 41

why is changing order in CI important

Answer 41

by changing the order it stops schemas from filling in the blanks of what happened in the situation

Question 42

what is report everything in CI

Answer 42

where the witness reports every little detsil, even if they think that its not important

Question 43

why i reporting everything in CI important

Answer 43

memories are often interconnected so recalling little irrelevant info, it may cue more memories of the event

Question 44

what is mental reinstatement of original context in CI

Answer 44

where the interviewer tries to recreate the evironment and feelings of the event so the witness can unlock memories

Question 45

why is the reinstatement of original context of CI important

Answer 45

it can help the witness retrieve forgotten memories by having context and state cues