Memory Flashcards
How much info can sensory memory stores hold?
How long can this info be held for?
How is the memory kept?
A lot
0.25-2 seconds
By paying attention
What is Miller’s magic number?
7±2
What is Atkinson and Shriffrin’s (1968) Multi-store model of memory?
Incoming stimuli –> (sensory stores) Attention—> short term memory long term memory
Which study supports the duration of information in the STM?
Peterson and Peterson 1959
Which study supports encoding in STM?
Baddeley (1966a)
Which study supports encoding of information in LTM?
Baddeley (1966b)
What study supports the component on the working memory, Visuo-spatial sketch pad?
Baddeley et al (1975)
Dual task experiment
Which study supports the component of the working memory model, the phonological loop?
Baddeley et al (1975)
Which study supports that the articulatory control processes and the acoustic store are located in seperate parts of the brain?
Paulesu et al (1993)
Who came up with the working memory model?
Baddeley and Hitch (1974)
Which study provides evidence for interference theory?
Baddeley and Hitch (1977)
Which study provides evidence for retrieval cue failure?
Godden and Baddeley (1975)
How is information in STM encoded?
Acoustically
How is information in LTM encoded?
Semantically
Are the 3 types of LTM explicit, or implicit?
Episodic - explicit
Semantic - explicit
Procedural - explicit
What is episodic memory?
Specific personal events and their context.
E.g. That time Chris walked in on Pippa and Shrek 😰
What is semantic memory?
General knowledge about the world.
E.g. Shrek should have won the Oscar for best picture (2001), not Gladiator.
What is procedural memory?
Performance of actions.
E.g. Riding shrek
Which study supports the idea that anxiety affects eye witness testimony?
Loftus (1979)
Which study found evidence contradictory to the idea that anxiety affects EWT?
Christiansen and Hubinette (1993)
What is anxiety?
A state of apprehension, worry or fear.
Which study looked at the impact of leading questions?
Loftus and Palmer’s (1974) - Smashed and hit
What does CROP stand for
Context
Report
Order
Perspective
