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Memory
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- 1What are the 3 features of memory?Coding
Capacity
Duration - 2What is coding?The format in which information is stored
- 3What is capacity?The amount of information that can be held
- 4What is duration?The amount of time information can be held
- 5What is the capacity of STM?7 =/- 2 (5-9)
- 6Who conducted research on the capacity of the STM?Jacobs
- 7What did Jacobs do?Digit span test- The teacher would read a sequence and the participant had to say it back, if they got it right, they'd add a digit/letter until they couldn't do it-
- 8What did Jacobs find?The mean for digits was 9.3 and for letters was 7.3
- 9Limitation of JacobsLacks validity- was conducted a long time ago and early research wouldn't have been very controlled meaning there were probably confounding varables
- 10What is the capacity of the LTM?Unlimited
- 11What is the duration of the STM?between 18 and 30 seconds
- 12Who carried out research on the duration of the STM?Peterson and Peterson
- 13What did Peterson and Peterson do?They were given a constant syllable and then had to count down from a 3 digit number to prevent any rehearsal- each time they had to stop and give the constant syllable after a different amount of time (3,6,9,12,15 and 18 seconds)
- 14What did Peterson and Peterson find?The longer they had to ount for, the worse their recall was showing without rehearsal, the duration of STM is very short
- 15Limitation of Peterson and PetersonArtificial stimuli- Doesn't reflect any real life activities so it's meaningful and therefore lacks external validity
- 16What is the duration of the LTM?Up to a lifetime
- 17Who conducted research on the duration of the LTM?Bahrick
- 18What did Bahrick do?392 students between 17 and 74- recall was tested from yearbooks of them with either facial recognition or free recall of their class
- 19What did Bahrick find?Those who were tested within 15 years of leaving were 90% accurate in photo recognition and those tested after 48 years, it went down to 70%.
After 15 years, free recall was 60% accurate and after 48 it was only 30% accurate showing the LTM does last a very long time - 20Strength of BahrickHigh external validity- real life stimuli was tested HOWEVER, confounding variables such as friends and looking over pictures can't be controlled
- 21How is STM coded?Acoustically (sounds)
- 22How is LTM coded?Semantic (with a meaning)
- 23Who conducted research on coding?Baddeley
- 24What did Baddeley do?Participants in 4 groups were given 4 groups of different words (acoustically similar, semantically similar, acoustically dissimilar and semantically dissimilar)
They had to recall the words in the same order - 25What did Baddeley find?After a short amount of time they did worse with acoustically similar and after a long period of time, they did worse with semantically similar words
- 26Limitation of BaddeleyArtificial stimuli- is meaningful in our daily lives so can't be generalised too much- has limited application
- 27Who proposed the Multi-store model of memory? (MSM)Atkinson and Shiffrin
- 28What is the multi store model?Stimulus---> Sensory register--->STM
with prolonged rehearsal it goes to the LTM and with retrieval it can come back to STM. - 29What are the 2 parts of the sensory register?Iconic and echoic memory
- 30What is the difference between Iconic and Echoic memory?Iconic is for visual information and Echoic is for acoustic information
- 31What is the capacity and duration of the sensory register?Capacity= unlimited
Duration= a few seconds UNLESS paid attention to - 32Strength of the MSMSupporting research- Baddeley shows STM and LTM code differently supporting the fact they are both separate
- 33Limitation of the MSMStates there's only one type of STM- KF Shows this isn't true- he couldn't remember anything when reading aloud to people but could when reading to himself- there must be at least 2 types
- 34What are the 3 types of LTM?Episodic
Procedural
Semantic - 35What is episodic memory?Memories of personal events in our lives
- 36What is semantic memory?Our knowledge of the world, facts and what concepts mean
- 37What is procedural memory?Our knowledge of how to do things we've learnt
- 38Who proposed the idea of having more than one type of LTM?Tulving
- 39Strength of types of LTMReal life application- Things such as cognitive impairment only affect episodic memory and this has allowed us to be able to treat it more specifically
- 40Limitation of types of LTMCohen and Squire disagree- they argue that semantic and episodic memories are together in declarative memory and shouldn't be separated as they're both conscious memories
- 41What is the working memory model (WMM)?An explanation of how STM works and is organised
- 42What is the role of the central executive?Monitors all information, makes the decisions and allocated tasks to each system
- 43What is the role of the phonological loop?Deals with auditory info and preserves the order it comes in
- 44What are the 2 subsystems of the phonological loop?Phonological store (stores the words you hear)
Articulatory process (allow maintenance rehearsal to keep memories) - 45What does the visuo-spatial sketchpad do?Processes visual and spatial information.
Controls the 'inner eye' - 46What does the episodic buffer do?Brings together everything from all subsystems into one single memory.
'bridge' between working memory and LTM - 47Strength of the WMMSupport- patient KF- brain damaged but could process visual info normally- suggest only his phonological loop was damaged- supports the idea of these different subsystems
- 48Limitation of WMMLack of clarity over central executive- some believe it has its own sub sections- isn't a full explanation
- 49What are the 2 explanations for forgetting?Interference and retrieval failure
- 50What is interference?When you forget something because it's been blocked by another memory causing one or both to be distorted or forgotten
- 51What are the 2 types of interference?Proactive and retroactive
- 52What is proactive interference?When an older memory disrupts the ability to recall newer ones
- 53What is retroactive interference?When a new memory effects the ability to recall an older one
- 54Who conducted the effects of similarity study for interference?McDonald and McGeoch
- 55What did McDonald and McGeoch do?Participants had to learn sets of words until they knew them completely accurately and then learnt a second list. categories- synonyms, antonyms, unrelated, constant syllables, 3 digit numbers and the same list
- 56What did McDonald and McGeoch find?The synonyms produced the worst recall showing interference is stronger when memories are similar
- 57Strength of interferenceLab studies support- well conducted reliable studies support the idea of interference as a way of forgetting showing it's a valid explanation
- 58Limitation of interferenceArtificial material- we don't necessarily need to remember lists of words it tends to be things more like names and faces- interference may not be as likely in real life
- 59What is retrieval failure?Forgetting because we don't have the appropriate cues to trigger the memories
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