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Psychology memory

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Psychology memory

Memory 1
- Stores
  - Sensory
    - Decay
  - Short term memory
    - Displacement
    - Decay
    - Aucoustic encoding
  - Long term memory
    - Capacity
      - Unlimited
      - 7 chunks (+/-2)
      - A few seconds
    - Duration
      - Unlimited
      - 10-20 seconds
      - All of the surroundings
    - Semantic enoding
  - Factors
    - Time
    - Space
  - Issues
    - Decay
    - Displacement
- Criticisms
  - Oversimplifies the STM and LTM
    - STM isn't just a passive store
      - Different stores for different information in the LTM
  - Over emphasises the role of rehearsal
    - Some info doesn't need to be rehearsed
      - E.G. If info is more meaningful it doesn't have to be rehearsed
  - Ignores individual differences
    - Doesn't explain why people have a better memory
      - E.G. Derren Brown
- Input
  - Encoding
    - Storage
      - Retrieval
        Output

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Description: Mind Map on Psychology memory, created by Taylor Hacker on 23/04/2017.
Created by: Taylor Hacker
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