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Memory
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- 1Memory How is memory described?NOT like a recording, memory is constructed and selective like a verb.
- 2When was memory first questioned?In 1932 by Bartlett
- 3What were the three steps by Bartlett?Assimilation - change details to fit within their own cultural ideals
Leveling - anything unimportant forgotten
Shaping - important points emphasised - 4What is the three box mode/model?Includes three memory types sensory, short term, and long term
sensory - (attention) - short term (rehearsal) - long term - 5Describe sensory memoryconsists of information coming in but only lasts a nanosecond, big capacity but helps you to filter out what is important everything else is forgotten
- 6Describe short term memoryLasts roughly 30 secs and consists of 7 chunks of information. Described as a leaky bucket, slowly forget over time.
- 7Describe long term memoryCan last a lifetime but isn't always accurate. Infinite capacity.
Organised in the brain dependent on cues - 8Describe procedural memoryA type of long term memory that includes action ie riding a bike
- 9Describe declarative memoryA type of long term memory, including semantic (remembering facts) and episodic (personal experiences)
- 10What is the serial position effect?the tendency for people to remember the first and the last items best and the middle worst
- 11Describe the forgetting curveWhen taking in information, you rapidly forget but eventually it slows down
- 12Why is it important to forget?It is not an error, forgetting is selective and adaptive. Not forgetting can be very frustrating ie PTSD and super memories
- 13What is the Method of Loci'Mind Palace' associating old and new memories, being able to link memories and journey through your mind
- 14How does depth of processing work? (Craik & Tulving 1975)Essentially thinking deeper about words ie rhyming, fit it into a sentence or have upper case letters
- 15Describe rehearsal and is it effective?Going over and over information, and no not very effective
- 16How can you improve rehearsal?Elaborate, make connections think deeper, distribute over a time period do not cram
- 17Are eye witnesses credible sources?NO! Eye witness memory errors are the leading cause of people being wrongly convicted.
- 18Describe the power of suggestion (Loftus & Palmer 1974), how manipulation occurs.- how people are questioned
-phrasing of words ie smashed or bumped
- how emotional the individual is - 19Can pictues manipulate?Yes people will believe pictures, if doubtful the human brain will fill in gaps with their imagination, and start to believe their imagination as fact
- 20What influence does emotion cast on memory?Emotional memories are more easily remembered BUT are often clouded and not always right
- 21Name some problems with line ups- Eye witness is very motivated
- selection bias
- positive or confirming feedback from police can influence results
- individuals are typically poorer at identifying other races - 22What is the weapon focus effect?When a witness is more focused on the weapon and therefore other information is unreliable
- 23Can everyone have false memories? If so describe a way to identify if it's falseYES, while recalling a memory if you are seeing it happen from afar (3rd person) not through your own eyes
- 24What is childhood am
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- 100 Psyc122 Karteikarten am Memory , erstellt von Loren Smith am 12/10/2015.
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- Loren Smith · Okt 2015
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