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Psychology
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- 1MEMORYThe models of memory:
1. The multi-store model including the concepts of encoding, capacity and duration.
2. Strengths and weaknesses of the model.
3. The working memory model including its strengths and weaknesses. - 2Memory is a complex and varied phenomenonThe history of research on the memory can be tracked back to ancient times.
- 3Plato thousands of years ago constructed an analogy and in some respects have not changed into the modern eraPlato likened human memory to an aviary with memories flying around inside. A new bird can be captured and added to the aviary (placing a new M into storage), and at a later date the bird can be captured in a net and removed (retrieval of a M). Inability to capture a bird or its escape from the cage are analogies for the two processes of forgetting.
- 4Some modern theories of memory still use this principle of storage and retrieval, however it is becoming more popular now to see memory as a process rather than simply a storage system.Research in recent years has shown that far from being a perfect recording of an event our memories do change over time and can be influenced by others and by later events.
- 5What the exam board expects me to know...MODELS OF MEMORY:
1. The multi-store model including the concepts of encoding, capacity and duration.
2. Strengths and weaknesses of the model.
3. The working memory model including its strengths and weaknesses. - 6What the exam board expects me to know...MEMORY IN EVERYDAY LIFE:
1. Eye witness testimony (EWT) and the factors affecting EWT, including anxiety, age of witness.
2.Misleading information and the use o the cognitive interview.
3.Strategies for improving memory - 7AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE
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- Flashcards on Psychology, created by Sophie Rew on 04/10/2015.
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