Individual Differences in Memory - Cognitive Psychology
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- Individual differences in Memory
- Other examples
- Gender
- Processing Speed
- Some people take longer to write notes from the whiteboard than others.
- This may be due to their processing speed of information and their STM capacity.
- This can be affected by age.
- Younger children have shorter digit spans than older kids.
- This suggests that capacity increases up to a certain age.
- Supporting evidence: Sebastian and Hernandez-Gil (2012)
- Some people take longer to write notes from the whiteboard than others.
- Schemas
- Bartlett's reconstructive memory theory suggests we all have relatively similar schemas.
- However, our schemas can be heavily influenced by experience through exposure to reading or TV.
- This in turn affects the way we perceive information received.
- However, our schemas can be heavily influenced by experience through exposure to reading or TV.
- The development of our schema will affect how we recall information.
- Bartlett's reconstructive memory theory suggests we all have relatively similar schemas.
- LTM Theory
- Episodic memory is a collection of memories of their own life.
- Daniela Palombo (2012) conducted a survey of autobiographical memory (SAM).
- This was to assess individual differences in autobiographical memory.
- The findings suggested that those who scored high or low on episodic memory also scored high or low on semantic memory : either having good or poor memory overall.
- They also found that men scored higher on spacial memory.
- Gender
- They found that people that self-report having depression, scored low on episodic and semantic memory.
- They also found that men scored higher on spacial memory.
- The findings suggested that those who scored high or low on episodic memory also scored high or low on semantic memory : either having good or poor memory overall.
- This suggested 4 domains of memory
- Prospective memory
- Episodic memory
- Spacial memory
- Semantic memory
- This was to assess individual differences in autobiographical memory.
- Daniela Palombo (2012) conducted a survey of autobiographical memory (SAM).
- Episodic memory is a collection of memories of their own life.
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