Memory 4.5 / 5 based on 2 ratings ? PsychologyMemoryA2/A-levelAQA Created by: Alice Edwards-KingCreated on: 15-04-17 15:37 What is coding? The format that information is stored in various memory stores. 1 of 14 What is capacity? The amount of information that can be held in a memory store. 2 of 14 What is duration? The length of time information can be held in memory. STM = between 18 + 30secs. LTM = up to a lifetime. 3 of 14 What is the MSM? A model of how memory works in 3 stores - sensory, STM and LTM. Describes how info is passed from one store to another. 4 of 14 What are the 3 types of LTM? Episodic - events. Semantic - knowledge. Procedural - skills/actions. 5 of 14 What is the WMM? An explanation of how 1 aspect of STM is organised and how it functions. Suggests there are sub-units. 6 of 14 What is the WMM made up of? Central executive, phonological loop, visuo-spatial sketchpad and episodic buffer. 7 of 14 What are the 2 explanations for forgetting? Interference and retrieval failure 8 of 14 What are the 2 types of interference? Proactive - an older memory interferes w/ a newer one. Retroactive - a newer memory interfering w/ an old one. 9 of 14 What are the 2 types of retrieval failure? Context-dependent forgetting and state-dependent forgetting. 10 of 14 What are the factors affecting EWT? Misleading information and anxiety. 11 of 14 What are the components of misleading information? Leading questions and post-event discussion. 12 of 14 How can you improve the accuracy of EWT? The cognitive interview 13 of 14 What are the 4 components of the cognitive interview? Report everything, reinstate the context, reverse the order and change perspective. 14 of 14
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