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How much info can sensory memory stores hold?
How long can this info be held for?
How is the memory kept?

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A lot
0.25-2 seconds
By paying attention

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What is Miller’s magic number?

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7±2

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What is Atkinson and Shriffrin’s (1968) Multi-store model of memory?

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Incoming stimuli –> (sensory stores) Attention—> short term memory long term memory

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Which study supports the duration of information in the STM?

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Peterson and Peterson 1959

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Which study supports encoding in STM?

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Baddeley (1966a)

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Which study supports encoding of information in LTM?

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Baddeley (1966b)

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What study supports the component on the working memory, Visuo-spatial sketch pad?

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Baddeley et al (1975)

Dual task experiment

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Which study supports the component of the working memory model, the phonological loop?

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Baddeley et al (1975)

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Which study supports that the articulatory control processes and the acoustic store are located in seperate parts of the brain?

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Paulesu et al (1993)

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Who came up with the working memory model?

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Baddeley and Hitch (1974)

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Which study provides evidence for interference theory?

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Baddeley and Hitch (1977)

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Which study provides evidence for retrieval cue failure?

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Godden and Baddeley (1975)

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How is information in STM encoded?

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Acoustically

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How is information in LTM encoded?

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Semantically

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Are the 3 types of LTM explicit, or implicit?

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Episodic - explicit
Semantic - explicit
Procedural - explicit

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What is episodic memory?

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Specific personal events and their context.

E.g. That time Chris walked in on Pippa and Shrek 😰

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What is semantic memory?

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General knowledge about the world.

E.g. Shrek should have won the Oscar for best picture (2001), not Gladiator.

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What is procedural memory?

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Performance of actions.

E.g. Riding shrek

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Which study supports the idea that anxiety affects eye witness testimony?

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Loftus (1979)

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Which study found evidence contradictory to the idea that anxiety affects EWT?

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Christiansen and Hubinette (1993)

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What is anxiety?

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A state of apprehension, worry or fear.

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Which study looked at the impact of leading questions?

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Loftus and Palmer’s (1974) - Smashed and hit

23
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What does CROP stand for

A

Context
Report
Order
Perspective

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