Stores events from our lives. These are time-stamped memories
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Semantic memory
Stores our knowledge of the world and are not time-stamped
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Procedural memory
Stores memory for actions or skills and do not require conscious effort to remember
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Central executive
Allocates incoming data to the appropriate slave system
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Phonological loop
Responsible for storing auditory information. The phonological store stores the words you hear and the articulatory process allows maintenance rehearsal
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Visuo-spatial sketchpad
Responsible for storing visual information. The visual cache stores visual data and the inner scribe records the arrangement of the objects in a visual field
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Episodic buffer
Integrates the information in the slave systems and links to working model to LTM
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Proactive interference
When old information disrupts the memory of the new information
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Retroactive interference
When new information disrupts the memory of the old information
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Context-dependent forgetting
When memory retrieval is dependent on an external cue
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State-dependent forgetting
When memory retrieval is dependent on an internal cue
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Response bias
When the wording of the question does not alter the eyewitnesses memory but influences the way how they respond
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Substitution explanation
When the wording of a question alters the eyewitnesses memory of the event
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Inverted U theory
As arousal increases performance increases to a certain point. Once reached its maximum the performance begins to decrease while arousal continues to increase
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Report everything
When an eyewitness has to report everything they remember from the event no matter how small the detail
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Reinstate context
The eyewitness has to mentally return to the crime scene and recall every detail
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Change perspective
The eyewitness has to recall the event from another person perspective to avoid expectations
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Reverse order
The eyewitness has to recall the event in different chronological order to prevent lies
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
How long information can be stored for
Back
Duration
Card 3
Front
The way in which information is stored
Back
Card 4
Front
Stores events from our lives. These are time-stamped memories
Back
Card 5
Front
Stores our knowledge of the world and are not time-stamped
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