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Memory - Paper 1 Flashcards

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1
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Outline the meaning of short term memory (STM)

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Capacity of the brain to hold a small amount of information for a short period of time.

5-9 items

18-30 seconds

Primarily acoustic

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Outline the meaning of long term memory (LTM)

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Permanent memory storage.

Capacity unlimited

Duration a few minutes to a lifetime

Primarily semantic

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Describe the meaning of capacity

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Amount of information that can be stored in memory at any one time

Miller found STM has capacity of 7+- 2

LTM potentially unlimited

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Describe the meaning of duration

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The length of time information can be held

Peterson and Peterson STM duration for roughly 30 seconds

Bahrick found LTM unlimited duration

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Describe the meaning of coding

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The format in which information is stored

STM acoustically

LTM semantically (meaning)

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Outline Jacobs research on capacity

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Jacobs measured digit span

Sequence of digits then recall them out loud in correct order

Increased by one each time until participant can no longer recall

Mean span - 9.3 numbers, 7.3 letters

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Evaluate Jacobs research on capacity

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+ Been replicated

  • old study 1887 - poor control, participants been distracted

+ results supported by further research supporting validity

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Evaluate Millers research on capacity

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  • based on prevalence of seven in human evolution

+ overestimated. Cowan suggest 4 chunks

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Evaluate research on duration of STM -

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  • Meaningless stimuli material artificial, nonsense trigrams
  • lack external validity

+ forgetting can be explained - spontaneous decay - no rehearsal. New information pushed out old

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Describe research into duration of STM

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Peterson et al

Consonant syllables

3 digit number count back from

3 seconds - 80%
18 seconds - 3%

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Describe research into duration of LTM

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Bahrick

Yearbook photos

17 to 74 recognition - 90% after 15 years, 70% after 48

Free recall - 60% after 15, 30% after 48

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Evaluate research in the duration of LTM

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+ high external validity - real life memories

  • hard to control confounding variables - looked and rehearsed photos over the years
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Describe research into coding

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Baddeley

Acoustically and semantically similar words

Immediate recall worse with acoustically similar words

Recall after 20 minutes worse with semantically similar words

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Evaluate research into coding

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+ identified two memory stores

  • artificial stimuli
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Key features of the multi store model of memory

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Atkinson and Shiffrin

Three stores linked together by processing

Enviromental stimuli&raquo_space; sensory register&raquo_space; attention&raquo_space; STM&raquo_space; response / prolonged rehearsal&raquo_space; LTM

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Outline the sensory register (MSM)

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Stimulus from environment passes into register

(Sights, sounds, smells)

Echoic memory (auditory), Iconic memory (visual), Tactile memory (touch), Olfactory memory (smell), Gustatory memory (taste)

Duration less than a second

Capacity high

Pay attention for information to pass through

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How is information transferred from STM to LTM

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Maintenance rehearsal - keep in STM

Prolonged rehearsal- transfer LTM

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How are memories recalled in MSM

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Transferred back to STM by retrieval

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Evaluate the MSM

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+ supporting research - Baddely mix similar words STM and similar meaning LTM. Memory stores separate and independent

  • evidence more than one type STM. Patient KF amnesia. Recall much better when he read the digits. One visual and one auditory
  • prolonged rehearsal not needed for STM - LTM transfer - limited explanation
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Outline the episodic memory of the LTM store

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Stores events

Complex

Events time stamped

Involve several elements - conscious effort to recall them

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Outline the semantic memory of the LTM store

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Stores out knowledge of the word

Not time stamped

Less personal - knowledge everyone shares

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Outline the procedural memory of LTM

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Actions and skills

How to do things

Recall unconscious

Hard explains actions

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Evaluate types of LTM

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+ case study evidence - Clive wearing - lost episodic

  • conflicting findings - poor agreement on location

+ helping with memory problems - specific treatments

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Outline the key features of the working memory model

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Baddeley and Hitch

STM organisation

Centeral executive, episodic buffer,
visuospatial Sketchpad ( visual cache, inner scribe)
Phonological loop (articulatory process, phonological store)

25
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Outline the key features of the central executive

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Monitors incoming data

Allocates slave systems to tasks

Very limited storage capacity

Coding flexible

26
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Outline the key features of phonological loop

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Deals with auditory information

Articulatory process allows maintenance

Capacity 2 seconds worth of what you can say

Coding acoustic

27
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Outline key features of the visuospatial Sketchpad

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Stores visual information

Capacity 3 to 4 objects

28
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Outline the key features of the episodic buffer

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Added later

Temporary store

Maintains sense of time sequencing

Links to LTM

29
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Evaluate the working memory model

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+ support from clinical evidence - patient KF - auditory poor

+ dual task studies - 2 visual tasks at same time. Than visual and verbal easier

  • dual task support - highly controlled and artificial, question validity of model
30
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Describe interference theory

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Forgetting occurs when can’t gain access to stored memories

Two pieces of information conflict

Worse when memories similar

31
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What is proactive interference?

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When older memories disrupts newer memories

32
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What is retroactive interference?

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Newer disrupts older ones

33
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Describe research into the effects of similarity on interference

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McGeoch and McDonald

List of words to 100% accuracy

Then given new list, varied degree of similarity

More similar = worst recall

Interference strongest when memories similar

34
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Evaluate interference

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+ support in real world situations - Baddeley and Hitch rugby players. Played had worst recall

  • overcome using cues - temporary lost - not predicted
  • I like everyday forgetting - recall much later - validity issues
35
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Describe the Johnson and Scott study on anxiety

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Sat in waiting room

  • low anxiety condition - casual conversation - holding pen grease on hands
  • high anxiety condition - heated argument, sound breaking glass, holding knife covered in blood

Pick man from photos

36
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What are the findings of Johnson and Scott

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49% accuracy in low

37% high

Identify tunnel theory of memory. Weapon focus as result of anxiety

37
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Describe the Yuille and Cutshall study on anxiety

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Actual crime - shop owner shot

Witnesses taken part in

Interview 4-5 months after

Witness rate stress

38
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Findings of Yuille and Cutshall

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Little change after 5 months
Higher stress level about 88% accurate compares to 75%

39
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Explain contradictory findings of anxiety

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Inverted U theory - Dodson et al - relationship between performance and stress is curvilinear

Deffenbacher review 21 studies - lower level of anxiety produce lower recall.

40
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Evaluate research into eyewitness testimony and anxiety

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  • anxiety may not be relevant to weapon focus. Not sue to anxiousness but surprise

+ supporting evidence for negative effects. Valentine et al - heart rate - London dungeon

+ supporting evidence for positive effects - Christianson et al - bank robbery - 75% accuracy

41
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Explain ethical issues concerned with research into eyewitness testimony - anxiety

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Creating anxiety my subject people to psychological harm

42
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What does eyewitness testimony mean?

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The ability of people to remember the details of events which they themselves observed

43
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What are leading questions?

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Suggest a certain answer because of the way it has been phrased

44
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What is post event discussion?

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Witnesses discuss what they have experiences. Affecting the accuracy of recall

45
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Describe Loftus and Palmer’s study

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45 students watched film of accident

Answer questions about speed

5 groups each given a different verb e.g. contacted, smashed

46
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What were the findings of Loftus and Palmer’s study

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Contacted produced mean of 31.8 mph

Smashed produced mean of 40.5 mph

47
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Why do leading questions affect recall?

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Response bias explanation - no enduring effect on memory only answer given

Substitution explanation - interfere, distorting accuracy

48
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Describe Gabbert et al - post event discussion

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Paired participants watched video of same crime

Each see elements others could not

Discuss before completing test of recall

49
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What are the findings of Gabbert et al’s study

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71% wrongly recalled aspects

Control group - no discussion, no errors

50
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Why does post event information affect recall

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Memory contamination - mix info

Memory conformity - go along to win social approval or believe others are right

51
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Evaluation of eyewitness testimony - misleading information

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+ real world application - CJS

  • challenging evidence - Sutherland more focused when asked leading questions
  • demand characteristics - lab studies - high control
52
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What is retrieval failure?

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Lack of cues can cause retrieval failure. Cues useful when both the dame for encoding and retrieval

Meaningful links

53
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Describe Godden and Baddeley’s context experiment

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Deep sea divers learned new word list on land or in sea and recalled wither on land or in sea

40% lower in mismatched context

54
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Describe Goodwin - state experiment

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Participants learned list of words on or off alcohol

Recall significantly worse in mismatched cues

55
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Evaluate retrieval failure

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+ real world application - strategies used to improve recall

+ supporting evidence - occur everyday life and labs

  • context effects vary in recall and recognition - no context depending effect. Limited explanation.
56
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Eyewitness testimony - the cognitive interview

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  1. Report everything - include every detail
  2. Reinstate context - return to crime scene in mind
  3. Reverse order - recalled in different order prevent dishonesty
  4. Change perspective - recall from other peoples perspective
57
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Explain the enhanced cognitive interview

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Fisher et al

Focus on social dynamics of interactions

Reduce anxiety, minimise distractions

Ask open ended questions

58
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Evaluate eyewitness testimony - cognitive interview

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+ research support for effectiveness - meta analysis 41% more correct information

  • some elements more useful than other - cast doubt on credibility
  • time consuming - special training

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