Memory

Memory

1. Models of Memory

   • The MSM
     • Sensory Registers
       • Iconic Register
         • SPERLING (1960)
       • Echoic Memory
     • Atkinson & Shiffrin (1968)
     • STM
       • Capacity
       • Duration
         • PETERSON & PETERSON (1959)
       • Encoding
     • LTM
       • Capacity
       • Duration
         • BAHRICK ET AL. (1975)
       • Encoding
         • BADDELEY (1966)
     • Strengths & Weaknesses
       • MILNER (1966)

2. The Working Memory Model

   • The Central Excutive
   • The Phonological Loop
   • The Visuo-Spatial Sketchpad
   • Episodic Buffer

3. Types of LTM

   • Declarative Memory
     • Semantic Memory
     • Episodic Memory
   • Procedural Memory

4. Explanations for Forgetting

   • Proactive interference in LTM
   • Retroactive interference in LTM
   • Retrieval Failure

5. Factors Affecting the Accuracy of Eyewitness Testimony

   • The effects of misleading information on the accuracy of EWT
     • LOFTUS & PALMER (1974)
   • Reasons Why Memories are Affected by Misleading Information
     • LOFTUS (1980)
   • The Effect of Anxiety on EWT

6. Improving the Accuracy of Eyewitness Testimony