Memory

Question 1

Capacity

Answer 1

Amount of info that can be stored in memory

Question 2

Components of working memory model

Answer 2

Central executive, phonological loop, visuo-spatial sketchpad, episodic buffer

Question 3

Central executive

Answer 3

Boss of WMM. Directs attention to two slave systems

Question 4

Episodic buffer

Answer 4

Temporary store, integrates other info from other components

Question 5

Leading questions

Answer 5

Questions worded to suggest a particular answer

Question 6

Multi store model

Answer 6

Atkison and Shiffrin (1968). Sensory register, short term memory and long term memory

Question 7

Phonological loop

Answer 7

WMM. Deals with auditory info

Question 8

Proactive interference

Answer 8

Old info interferes with new info

Question 9

Procedural memory

Answer 9

Skills and motor tasks e.g swimming and writing

Question 10

Retrieval failure

Answer 10

Explanation for forgetting. Often due to absence of cues or triggers

Question 11

Retroactive interference

Answer 11

New info interferes with old

Question 12

Semantic memory

Answer 12

Knowledge and facts of the world. Associated with temporal lobe

Question 13

Sensory register

Answer 13

Memory store where info enters through the senses. Iconic coded visual info echoic store coed auditory info

Question 14

Working Memory Model

Answer 14

Baddely and Hitch (1974)- multi component short term memory system