Memory A03

Question 1

Features of STM…(3)

Answer 1

1) Memory more limited - (Cowan)
2) Testing Artificial
3) STM not exclusively Acoustic - (Bradimote)

Question 2

Features of LTM…(3)

Answer 2

1) Individual differences - (Jacobs)
2) LTM not exclusively Semantic - (Frost)
3) LTM not tested by Baddeley

Question 3

Multi store model of memory…(4)

Answer 3

1) Supporting evidence ie Location - (Baddeley)
2) Simplistic
3) Case study support - HM
4) LTM more complex - (Craik and Lockhart)

Question 4

Long term memory…(4)

Answer 4

1) Brain scan evidence
2) Can’t distinguish Procedural + semantic - (Corkin)
3) Can’t distinguish episodic + semantic - (Irish et al)
4) Evidence from case studies

Question 5

Working memory model…(4)

Answer 5

1) Real life application
2) Role of CE ambiguous - Patient EVR
3) Evidence from brain scans - Patient KF + Shallice and Warrington
4) Brain damage and trauma

Question 6

Interference…(4)

Answer 6

1) Research artificial
2) Explanation for some situations - (Anderson)
3) Accessibility vs Availability - (Ceraso)
4) Real life application - (Dananer et al)

Question 7

Retrieval failure…(4)

Answer 7

1) Research support
2) Cues not always effective - (Smith and Vela)
3) Danger of circularity - (Baddeley)
4) Real world application - (Abernethy) (Smith)

Question 8

Misleading information…(4)

Answer 8

1) Supporting evidence - (Loftus)
2) Individual differences
3) Response bias - (Bakerian & Bowers)
4) Real world application - (Wells & Olsen)

Question 9

Influence of anxiety…(4)

Answer 9

1) Surprise more important - (Pickel)
2) Real life
3) Alternative model - (Faze and Hardy)
4) No simple conclusion

Question 10

Improving accuracy of eyewitness testimony…(4)

Answer 10

1) Research support - (Milne and Bull)
2) Quantity not Quality - (Kohnken et al)
3) Cognitive interview in practise
4) Can’t establish effectiveness