Memory Flashcards
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Core Theory of Memory
Multi store model
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Draw the diagram, remember Input from environment Encode Sensory memory Attention Short term memory Long term memory etc...
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What are the key concepts of Memory?
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Input Encoding Storage Retrieval Output and also Accessibility and availability
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Explain displacement
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Displacement is when you forget, it is when the STM runs out of space so you forget.
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Explain decay
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In STM all the time
Decay can occur in LTM if we don’t use the the information it may just be forgotten
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Criticisms of the multi-store model
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Ignores individual differences
Over simplifies the STM and LTM
The model over emphasises the role of rehearsal
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Alternative Theory
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Shallow processing
Deep processing
If we process information for a meaning we are more likely to recall it
