Memory-paper 1

Question 1

Describe the cognitive interview
(6 marks)

Answer 1

1)Reinstate the context- interviewee reinstated the environment (e.g. weather)
2)Report everything- interviewer encourages the ppt to report every detail.
3)Changing order- interviewer tries alternative ways through the timeline of the incident.
4)Changing perspectives- interveiwee recalls from different perspectives.
5)Features of enhancing cognitive interview to facilitate recall- focus on social interactions, reducing anxiety/ distractions, slow speech, use of open ended questions.

Question 2

Outline the central executive.
(2 Marks)

Answer 2

Has a supervisory function and controls slave systems. It has limited capacity but can process information from any sensory modality

Question 3

Outline the phonological loop.
(2 Marks)

Answer 3

A limited capacity, temporary storage system for holding verbal information in a peach based form.

Question 4

Outline the Visio-spatial sketched.
(2 Marks)

Answer 4

A limited capacity temporary memory system for holding visual and spacial information.

Question 5

Explain one strength and one weakness of the working memory model.
(4 Marks)

Answer 5

Weakness: Very little is known about how the central executive works or evidence from brain scans suggesting the central executive is not unitary.

Strength: Research support such as dual task studies and psychological evidence from brain scans.