Memory - Key Points.

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Changing information so that it can be stored.
Encoding
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Holding information in the memory system.
Storage
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Recovering information from storage.
Retrieval
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An account given by people of an event they have witnessed recently.
Eyewitness Testimony
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The idea that information passes through a series of memory stores.
Multi-store
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Altering our recollection of things so that they make more sense to us.
Reconstructive memory
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The depth at which information is thought about when trying to learn it.
Levels of Processing
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A factor affecting the reliability of eyewitness testimony.
Leading Questions
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A factor affecting the reliability of eyewitness testimony.
Cognitive Interview
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Aim: To see if asking leading questions affect the accuracy of recall.
Loftus and Palmer
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Evaluation: This study has ecological validity as it was an eye-witness statement.
Geiselman et al.
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The use of something for a reasonable purpose, for example, when talking to witnesses, police and lawyers should avoid asking leading questions.
Practical Applications.
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Holding information in the memory system.

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The idea that information passes through a series of memory stores.

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