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Memory
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- 1What is the multi-store memory modal?A model to suggest how our mind stores information as a memory
- 2how is a memory made?Info enters the sensory store through the 5 senses.
if attention is payed it will move to the short term memory. then if this info is rehearsed it is transferred to the long-term memory. to stay near the surface of the LTM it can be Maintenance rehearsed - 3What is encoding, capacity and duration of memories?E = how the memory is changed to be stored - through the senses.
C = How much info can be stored
D = how long the info can be stored for. - 4Positive for MSMUnderstanding of structure and process of STM.
Thus allows R&D
experiments increase validity - 5Negative of MSMAtkinson and Shiffrin model was seen as to simplistic.
- 6Types of LTMProcedural = knowing how to do things
Episodic = key events in our life
Semantic = info about the world and meaning of words. - 7What are the distinctions between declarative and procedural.the procedural memory doesn't use the conscious memory, actions are automatic,
Declarative memory uses some degree of the conscious mind. - 8LTM in contextAmnesics have difficulty in retaining E/S memories. events and knowledge acquired before amnesia tends to stay. can't store new E/S memories. ability to retain declarative info is impaired. however Procedural memory largely unaffected.
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- A2 Psychology Flashcards on Memory, created by jack moody on 21/12/2016.
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