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Memory Past paper flashards
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- 1Why should you use a pilot study?check how long the participant should be given to look material
• check if the pictures were appropriate and clear
• check if the words were appropriate
• check the participants understand the instructions and what they are required to do - 2Identify a memory improvement strategy that this participant might have used.1 mark for naming one (mnemonic isn't one)
explain how it can be used and why it is appropriate
- 3What is meant by ‘capacity’ in memory research?Refers to how much it holds ( Miller 7+/-2)
- 4What is meant by ‘duration’ in memory research?Refers to how long it lasts e.g. Bahrick VLTM
- 5Outline the main functions of the phonological loopstores a limited no. of speech based sounds for a brief time. It is made up of a phonological store which stores acoustically coded items for brief periods and an articulatory control process which uses sub-vocal repetition.
- 6Explain what is meant by encodingEncoding is the way in which information is stored/put into/processed into memory, e.g. acoustic, visual, semantic.
- 7Briefly outline the central executivehas a supervisory function and controls the slave systems
Limited capacity
- 8Briefly outline the visuo-spatial skethpadlimited capacity, temporary memory system for holding visual and spatial information.
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- A-Level Psychology Flashcards on Memory Past paper flashards, created by nadyalwisham on 18/01/2016.
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