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Models for explaining memory Flashcards

Includes: processes of memory, multi-store model of memory, and working memory model

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Memory

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The process of encoding, storing and retrieving information

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What are the 3 processes of memory?

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Encoding, storage, and retrieval

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What is the process of encoding?

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The process of converting information into a form that can be used and stored by the brain.

It may be automatic or require effortful processing

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What is the process of storage?

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Retention of encoded information for various lengths of time.

Via associations between neural networks

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What is the process of retrieval?

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Recovery of information stored in brain.

If memory cannot be retrieved, it can not be shown to exist

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What are the 3 characteristics of memory?

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Duration, capacity, and encoding

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Duration

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The length of time information can be stored/held for

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Capacity

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The amount of information that can be stored/held

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Encoding

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The form information is stored in (visual/acoustic/semantic)

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Sensory memory

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Briefly holds incoming sensory information

Different subsystems: sensory registers (for each sense)

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What is the duration of sensory memory?

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0.5 to 3 seconds

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What is the capacity of sensory memory?

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Unlimited - but generally referred to as 3 to 7 units

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Sensory memory register

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Rapid encoding based on physical properties of sense/stimuli (environmental input)

Stores incoming sensory information receptors

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What is the short-term memory?

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A component of memory where information is retained for a brief amount of time, then some is encoded and transferred into LTM

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What is the duration of short-term memory?

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0-30 seconds

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What is the capacity of short-term memory?

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Generally 7 + or - 2 items therefore 5-9 items

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What is the encoding of short-term memory?

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Acoustic/auditory, visual, or semantic

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What is long-term memory?

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A relatively permanent store of information - over an extended period of time

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What is the duration of long term memory?

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Greater than 30 seconds

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What is the capacity of long-term memory?

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Unlimited

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What is the encoding of long-term memory?

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Primarily semantic, although it can be represented visually/acoustically

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What are the strengths of the multi-store model of memory?

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Many memory studies provide evidence to support the distinction between STM and LTM (in terms of encoding, duration, capacity)

The model can account for primary and recency effects

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What are the weaknesses of the multi-store model of memory?

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Model is oversimplified

It’s criticised for being a passive one-way model

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Who proposed the Working Memory Model?

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Baddeley and Hitch (1974)

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What is the Working Memory Model?

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It describes short-term memory as a system with multiple components

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What 4 components are involved in the Working Memory Model?

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The central executive, the phonological loop, the visuospatial sketchpad, and the episodic buffer

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What is the central executive?

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It’s responsible for controlled processing in working memory

It directs attention to relevant information, suppresses irrelevant information, and coordinates slave systems

limited capacity, modality free (coding)

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What is the phonological loop?

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A slave system that processes auditory information and preserves the order in which information arrives

It stores and processes the sounds of language

2 seconds worth of information, acoustic coding

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What is the visuo-spatial sketchpad?

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The visuo-spatial sketchpad is a slave system that processes visual and spatial information

it manipulates and processes information, represents mental maps

limited capacity, visual coding

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What is the episodic buffer?

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The episodic buffer is a slave system that integrates information from several sources to form a unified memory/complete representation of an event - known as an episode

*limited capacity storage system, modality free

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What are the two sub-types of long-term memory?

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Procedural and Declarative

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What is procedural memory?

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A type of long-term memory to store the way you do things - motor skills

Also known as implicit memory - it’s not a conscious retrieval process

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What is declarative memory?

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A type of long-term memory that stores and retrieves both personal information and general knowledge

It’s also known as explicit memory - it requires conscious effort for retrieval

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What are the two sub-types of declarative memory?

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Episodic and Semantic

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What is episodic memory?

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The memory for past personal events - linked to emotions, sensations and a particular time

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What is semantic memory?

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The memory for facts and information that enables us to construct meaning - based on understanding and interpretation

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