Memory

Question 1

What is the multi store model

Answer 1

Info flowing through storage systems

Question 2

What are the 3 permanent structures of the MSM

Answer 2

Sensory register
STM
Ltm

Question 3

What is the sensory register

Answer 3

Store of the senses

Different stores for different sensory outputs

Question 4

What is the coding of the sensory register

Answer 4

Depends on the modality / sense

Question 5

What’s the capacity of the sensory register

Answer 5

Unlimited

Question 6

What is the duration of the SR

Answer 6

250 milliseconds

Question 7

What is the coding of STM

Answer 7

Main is acoustic

But can be visually acoustically or semantically

Question 8

What is the duration of STM

Answer 8

18-30 secs

Question 9

What is the capacity of STM

Answer 9

7 +/- 2

Question 10

What is the coding of LTM

Answer 10

Semantic

Question 11

What is the capticity of ltm

Answer 11

Unlimited

Question 12

What’s the duration of LTM

Answer 12

Potentially forever

Question 13

What is the WWM

Answer 13

STM an active store

Presented by baddelley and hitch

Question 14

What is the central executive

Answer 14

Oversees and coordinates the components of the WWM

Acts as a filter ( what info is received and what isn’t)

Question 15

What is the phonological loop

Answer 15

Auditory info

Question 16

What is the visuospatial sketch pad

Answer 16

Visual info

Question 17

What is the episodic buffer

Answer 17

Temp store if integrated info from

Other stores

Question 18

What are the two types of ltm

Answer 18

Explicit - recalled if consciously thought about

Implicit - doesn’t require conscious thought

Question 19

What is episodic ltm

Answer 19

Unique memory of specific event

Strength depends on emotions e.g. Better recall traumatic event

Question 20

What is semantic ltm

Answer 20

Knowledge facts concepts & meanings

Question 21

What is procedural ltm

Answer 21

Implicit knowledge

Usually learnt through repitition or practise

Question 22

Example of procedural ltm

Answer 22

Prof cellist who suffered brain damage

Couldn’t remember musical facts but could still read and play music

Question 23

What are the three explanations of forgetting

Answer 23

Interference theory
Cue dependant theory
Repression

Question 24

What is the interference theory

Answer 24

Something else interferes with the ability to recall

Question 25

What is pro active interference

Answer 25

Previously stored info interferes

Question 26

What is retroactive interference

Answer 26

New info intefers with old info

Question 27

What's the cue dependant theory

Answer 27

Recall info with the help of memory cues

Question 28

What are context cues

Answer 28

Place

Question 29

What are state cues

Answer 29

Depends on emotional or physical state | Eg drunk or in fear

Question 30

What is repression

Answer 30

Unconscious blocking of negative memories until individual blissfully forgets they are there

Question 31

What is EWT

Answer 31

Evidence provided by those recalling an event who were present at the time the event occurred

Question 32

What is schema

Answer 32

Readiness to interpret sensory info in a preset manner

Question 33

What is the influence of schema in EWT

Answer 33

People remember what they expect to see or remember Reconstructing memories

Question 34

What is misleading info

Answer 34

Info that suggests a desired response

Question 35

What's a leading question

Answer 35

A question that increases the likelihood of a desired response

Question 36

What is post event discussion

Answer 36

Info added to a memory after the event has occurred

Question 37

What is a cognitive interview

Answer 37

Procedure for police questioning that promotes accurate recall

Question 38

What are the 4 components or techniques of cognitive interviews

Answer 38

Change of perspective Change of narrative Recall everything Mental reinstatement

Question 39

What is the technique of change of perspective in cognitive interview

Answer 39

Recalling what someone else might have seen

Question 40

What is the technique of mental reinstatement in cognitive interview

Answer 40

Getting individual to recall the weather or their personal feelings of the time