Cognitive Approach

Cognitive Approach

1. Memory

   • Multi-Store Model
     • Multi-Store Model of Memory(Atkinson&Shiffrin)
     • Short-Term Memory
       • Encoding
     • Sensory
     • Long-Term Memory
   • Levels of Processing Theory
   • Key Assumptions
     • #1
     • #2
     • #3

2. Forgetting

   • Cue Dependent Theory
   • Trace Decay Theory

3. Key Terms

   • Information processing
     • what the cognitive approach is about, including input, processing and output, and how these work
   • Memory
     • encoding, storage and retrieval, explained in different ways by different theories
   • Forgetting
     • not remembering, which has more than one explanation
   • Storage
     • how information is retained in the brain ready for retrieval
   • Retrieval
     • getting stored information out of memory

4. Experiments

   • Natural
   • Field
   • Lab

5. Hypotheses

   • Statement of what is expected
     • Null
     • Directional
     • Non-Directional

6. Variables

   • Independent Variable
     • Manipulated
   • Dependent Variable
     • Changes as a result of manipulating the independent variable, and is measured

7. Experimental (participant) design

   • Repeated Measures
   • Independent Groups
   • Matched Pairs