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coding

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the format which information is stored in the various memory stores

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capacity

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the amount of information that can be stored in a memory store

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duration

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the length of time information can be held in memory

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short-term memory store

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the limited-capacity memory store, coding is mainly acoustic, capacity 7+-2 with duration between 18-30 seconds

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long-term memory store

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the permanent memory store, coding is mainly semantic, it has unlimited capacity and can store memories for up to a lifetime

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research on coding

Baddeley

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gave different lists to 4 groups of participants
1-words sound similar
2-words sound different
3-words with similar meanings
4-words with different meanings
shown words and and asked to recall in order
recall straight away, worse with acoustically words
recall after 20 minutes, worse with semantically similar words

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research on capacity
digit span
jacobs

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gives participant a 4 digit number ask to recall, every time they are correct add another digit
mean score for letter-7.3
mean score for numbers-9.3

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research on capacity
chunking
miller

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things come in 7-days of the week
7+-2
chunking-recall 5 words as well as 5 letters

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research on duration of STM

peterson and peterson

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24 undergraduate students
on each trial participant given a consonant sound and a 3 digit number to count back from
STM has a short duration unless repeated over again

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neisser and harsch

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challenger space shuttle
recollections of when participants heard about it
repeated 2 years later
at least 1/4 of major details were wrong
10% gave same answer
confidence in memories has no correlation with their accuracy

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Duration of LTM

Bahrick

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392 participants from American hgih school between age 17 and 74
photo-recognition and free recall
participants tested within 15 years of graduating were 90% right with photo recognition compared with 70% accuracy after 48 years
after 15 years 60% accuracy of free recall compared to 30% after 48 years

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evaluation for coding research

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artificial stimuli- less ecologically valid

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evaluation for capacity research

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lack validity

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evaluation for duration research STM

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lack external validity

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evaluation for duration research STM

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high external validity

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Who designed multi-store model

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Atkinson and Shiffrin

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MSM

Atkinson and Shiffrin

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sensory memory, if attention paid transfers to short-term memory if rehearsed passes into long term memory if not decay or displacement takes place
in the long term memory store decay or interference can take place

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MSM

sensory memory

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stores information from each of the 5 senses
iconic register-visual
echoic register-acoustic
information lasts from short amount of time(less then half a second)

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MSM

shot-term memory

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capacity-miller-7+/-2
duration-12-30 seconds
maintenance rehearsal to transfer to long-term memory

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MSM

long-term memory

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unlimited
potentially permanent
to retrieve information has to transferred back into STM called retrieval

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strengths of MSM

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Baddeley- mix up words with similar sounds when using STM but mix up words with similar meanings in LTM

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weaknesses of MSM

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KF
studies use artificial stimuli(ecological validity)
doesn’t explain flashbulb memories

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weakness of MSM

case of KF

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shallice and warrington 
amnesiac patient 
stm damage 
memory of digits very poor aurally but recall better when read digits himself 
 LTM wasn't affected
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strength of WMM

case of HM

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removed hippocampus to stop epileptic fit
lost LTM
couldn’t make new memories
memory eroded with no hippocampus as can’t be retained
asked to draw a start in the middle of the other 2 stars, got better after repeating
different memory stores- procedural episodic and semantic

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case of clive wearing

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sever form of amnesia

could remember to play the piano

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types of long-term memory

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episodic
semantic
procedural

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types of long term memory

episodic

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personal event
includes memories of when the events occurred and of the people, objects, places and behaviours involved
memories from this store have to be received consciously and with effort

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types of long term memory

semantic

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knowledge of the world
facts and knowledge of what words and concepts mean
these usually need to be consciously recalled

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types of long term memory

procedural

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how we do things
includes our memories of learned skills
usually recall these memories without making a conscious/deliberate effort

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strengths of LTM

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scientific-objective

supportive research, HM and clive wearing

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weaknesses of LTM

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case studies

cohen and squire- episodic and semantic are one store

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working memory model

Baddeley and Hitch

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STM is made up of central executive, phonological loop, episodic buffer and visuo-spatial sketchpad

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WMM

central executive

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co-ordinates the activities of the 3 sub-systems

allocates processing resources to those activities

34
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WMM

episodic buffer

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added later
brings together material from the toher sub-systmes into a single memory rather then separate strands
provides a bridge between working memory and long term memory

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WMM

phonological loop

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auditory information
phonological store- words you hear
articulatory store-allows maintenance rehearsal (capacity believed to be 2 seconds)

36
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WMM

Visuo-spatial sketchpad

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processes visual and spatial information
visual cache- stores visual data
inner scribe-records arrangement of objects in the visual field

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Baddeleys research

the central executive

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asked participants to thing of random digits either on its own or by: reciting the alphabet/ counting from 1/ alternating between letters and numbers
generated number steam was less random in condition 3- were competing for the same central executive resources

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baddeley et al reseatch

visuospatial sketchpad

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participants were given a visual tracking task(track a moving line with a pointer) at the same time they were asked to either: describe the angle of the letter F or to preform a verbal task

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strengths of the WMM

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research support-KF

support from brain scanning-objective, more activity in the prefrontal cortex increase as task gets harder-Baddeley

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weaknesses of the WMM

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less reliable as episodic buffer added later

minimal research for the central executive

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retrieval failure

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occurs when we don’t have the necessary cues available to access the memory

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encoding specificity principle

Tulving and Thompson

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if a cue of to help retrieve a memory it needs to be present at encoding and at retrieval

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context dependent forgetting

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environmental cues

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state dependent forgetting

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emotional cues

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research into context dependent forgetting

Godden and Baddeley

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divers were given a list of words to recall and learn. 4 conditions:
learn on land recall in water
learn on land recall on land
learn in water recall in water
learn in water recall in land
accurate recall was 40% less when 2 conditions didn’t match

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research into state dependent forgetting

carter and cassaday

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participants were given a hay fever tablet which made them slightly drowsy 4 conditions:
learn on drug recall on it
learn on drug recall off it
learn off drug recall on drug
learn off drug recall off it
performance worse when 2 conditions didn’t match

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strengths of retrieval failure

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practical application(revisions)
supportive research
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weaknesses of retrieval failure

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tasks low in ecological validity
can’t explain all memory- procedural
baddeley-ESP is impossible to test for

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interference theory

proactive interference

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older memories already stored disrupt the recall of newer memories
degree of forgetting is greater when memories are similar

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interference theory

retroactive interference

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a newer memories disrupts the recall of an older memory already stores
the degree of forgetting is higher when memories are similar

51
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research into interference theory

McGeoch and McDonald

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participants learnt a list of words until they were 100% accurate and then learnt a new list
words with similar meaning
words with opposite meaning
nonsense syllables
3 digit numbers
no new list
words of similar meaning produced worst recall of first list

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strengths of interference

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lab experience-increased validity
supportive evidence
construct validity(Baddeley and Hitch rugby players)

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interference

Baddeley and Hitch

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asked rugby players to recall the teams they played that season
accurate recall depended on amount of teams played

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weaknesses of interference

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artificial stimuli (lack mundane realism)
order effects-boredom
55
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eye witness testimony
experiment 1
Loftus and Palmer

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45 American students watched a series of car crashes
participants were asked to recall what had happened and how fast was the car going when they (smashed, collided, bumped, hit, contacted)?

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eye witness testimony
experiment 1 findings
loftus and palmer

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smashed-40.8mph 
collided- 39.3mph 
bumped- 38.1mph 
hit-34mph
contacted-31.8mph
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eye witness testimony
experiment 2
loftus and palmer

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150 students were shown a car driving followed by a series of accidents
then asked how fast was the car going when they(smashed/hit)
control group asked nothing
then asked if they saw broken glass when there was no broken glass

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eye witness testimony
experiment 2 findings
loftus and palmer

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smashed/saw broken glass-16
hit/saw broken glass-7
control/saw broken glass-6 
smashed/no broken glass-34
hit/no broken glass-43 
control/no broken glass-44
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strengths of loftus and palmer

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lab experiment- increased validity 
practical application(memory isn't reliable)
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weaknesses of loftus and palmer

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reduced validity- watched a film

unethical

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eye witness testimony

response bias explanation

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the wording of a question has no effect on memory but influences how a participant answers

62
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eye witness testimony

substitution explanation

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the wording of a question changes the participants memory

critical verb alters the memory

63
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EWT
post event discussion
Gabbert et al

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participants in pairs watched a video of crime from different view points and then discussed what they saw before
71% recalled aspects of the event they didn’t see
control group

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strengths of misleading information

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real life application

use of control group-increased validity

65
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weaknesses of misleading information

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individual differences

ethics

66
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anxiety and EWT
Yerkes and Dodson
Deffenbacher

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inverted U
lower levels of anxiety produce low levels of recall
increased anxiety improves recall up to a point

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