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Memory- TEST YOURSELF
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- 1Name 3 differences between the STM and LTM1.Duration of STM is 30s whereas duration of LTM can be up to a lifetime
2. Amount of storage in STM is 7+/-2 whereas in LTM it is infinite
3.Memory in the STM can be replaced - 2What are the 3 stores outlined in the multi-store model?Sensory Memory---Short Term Memory---Long Term Memory
- 3What are the two levels of processing outlined in the levels of processing model?Deep- Where you have to think about the meaning (semantics) of the info
Shallow- Where you think about the word visually or acoustically. (easily and quickly forgotten) - 4What is a schema?Pre-existing knowledge that helps us fill in gaps in our memory
- 5Briefly outline what Bartlett did in his 'War Of the Ghosts' experimentA-To test the idea that people use pre existing knowledge to understand new information
M-Made participants read the story WotG and then asked them to recall over various periods of time.
R-Found that people reconstructed the information to make sense of it. Particularly noticed they:
-Changed order
-Added emphasis
-Missed/added other info
C-We use schemas to fill in gaps in our memory - 6In interference theory, there are two types of forgetting what are the differences between them?Proactive interference- Where old information interferes with remembering new information
Retroactive interference- Where new information interferes with remembering old information - 7What were the two verbs used in the Loftus study? Which one resulted in a faster speed?Hit- 35mph
Smashed-41mph - 8Is eyewitness testimony reliable?No- proven by Bruce and Youngs' explanation of how we remember faces and Loftus and Palmers' theory of leading questions.
- 9What are the theories of improving memory?Elaboration- Method of Loci/Craik and Tulving (deep/shallow)
Context- Godden and Baddeley
Organisation- Bousfield - 10What's the difference between anterograde and retrograde amnesia?Anterograde is where we struggle to remember any information after the accident
Retrograde is where we struggle to remember information before the accident
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