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Memory Psychology

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Define the term 'duration'   show
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show How much can be held in the memory.  
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show Transferring information into code, creating a trace.  
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show Short term memory is when we can only remember a little information for a short amount of time due to it's limited capacity and duration.  
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show Long term memory has an unlimited capacity (permanent)  
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show Peterson and Peterson 1959  
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Who studied LTM?   show
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show Jacobs 1887  
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Who studied encoding in STM and LTM   show
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show Encoding is about the way information is stored in memory. Encoding can be VISUAL (pictures)ACOUSTIC (sounds) or SEMANTIC (meanings)  
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show Miller 1956 found that people can remember 7+/- items. He suggested that we use 'chunking' to combine individual letters or numbers into larger more meaningful units so that they are remembered more easily i.e. 0266-262-644  
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show Atkinson and Shiffrin 1968  
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What are the components of the multi-store model of memory?   show
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show 1. The Primacy effect 2. The Recency effect 3. People with Korsakoff's syndrome  
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Name some limitations of the Multi-store model of memory   show
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show Baddeley and Hitch 1974  
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What are the Working Memory Model's components?   show
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What are the strengths and limitations of the working memory model?   show
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What is an eyewitness testimony?   show
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Who studied eyewitness testimonies?   show
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show Valentine and Coxon 1997 studied the effect of age on EWT.  
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Who developed the cognitive interview techniques and what were they for?   show
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What happens in cognitive interviews?   show
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show Geiselman et al 1986  
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What are leading questions?   show
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Give two factors which may affect the accuracy of eyewitness testimony   show
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show Mnemonics are internal memory strategies. They use visual imagery and associations to help us remember things better.  
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How does the method of loci work?   show
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What is a peg-word?   show
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show Narrative stories link words together.  
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