Memory - Full Topic

Memory - Full Topic

1. Short and Long-term Memory

   • Capacity
     • Jacobs
       • digit span 9.3 for digits, 7.3 for letters
     • Miller
       • people remember about 7 items and 7 chunks
   • Duration
     • Cowan
       • 4 chunks probably the limit
       • same for visual information
     • Simon
       • larger chunks means fewer recalled
     • Jacobs
       • 19 year olds have longer digit span than 8 year olds
   • Coding
     • Baddeley
       • Difficulty remembering acoustical similar words in STM but not LTM, reverse for semantically similar words

2. The multi-store model

3. The working memory model

4. Types of long term memory

5. Explanations for forgetting

6. Accuracy of eyewitness testimony