Displacement - theory of forgetting 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyCognitive PsychologyA2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: emmajohnson111Created on: 09-04-17 15:01 Definition Rehearsed information is written over 1 of 12 STM Rehearsal loop in STM has limited capacity 2 of 12 The serial position effect First and last thing learned is well remembered, middle information is displaced in the rehearsal loop and forgotten 3 of 12 Primacy effect First information learnt is well remembered as it is still in the rehearsal loop to LTM 4 of 12 Recency effect Information learnt last is remembered well as it is still in the rehearsal loop and available from immediate recall 5 of 12 Middle information Not remembered well as it has been displaced by the most recent bit of information and so doesn't go through the rehearsal loop to LTM 6 of 12 Glanzer and Cuntiz Delaying recall by 30 seconds with an interference task prevents recency effect as the most recent bit of information is displaced by the task 7 of 12 Supporting evidence WMM and MSM both talk about a loop in STM which through rehearsal moves information into LTM 8 of 12 Supporting evidence Loop has limited capacity - explains why displacement might happen 9 of 12 Supporting evidence Experiments are reliable and scientific 10 of 12 Conflicting evidence Could be interference not displacement 11 of 12 Conflicting evidence Artificial tasks - not valid 12 of 12
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