memory

Question 1

what is the multistore memory model

Answer 1

the theory of

the sensory register -> the short term register -> the long term register

Question 2

how do you get from the sensory register to the short term register

Answer 2

attention

Question 3

how do you get from the short term register to the long term register

Answer 3

rehearsal

Question 4

what is encoding

Answer 4

how information is stored in our brains

Question 5

what is capacity

Answer 5

how much information can be stored in each component

Question 6

what is duration

Answer 6

the length of time a memory lasts in each component

Question 7

what is the capacity of the sensory register

Answer 7

very limited

Question 8

what is the encoding of the sensory register

Answer 8

iconic / echoic

Question 9

what is the duration of the sensory register

Answer 9

seconds

Question 10

what is the capacity of the short term register

Answer 10

7 +/- 2 ‘chunks’

Question 11

what is the encoding of the short term register

Answer 11

acoustic

Question 12

what is the duration of the short term register

Answer 12

30 seconds

Question 13

what is the capacity of the long term register

Answer 13

unlimited

Question 14

what is the encoding of the long term register

Answer 14

semantic

Question 15

what is the duration of the long term register

Answer 15

forever

Question 16

what was the aim of bartletts reconstructive memory study ‘war of the ghosts’

Answer 16

to test the nature of reconstructive memory using an unfamiliar story

Question 17

what is reconstructive memory

Answer 17

the theory that memories are not an exact copy, but an interpretation of events based on our past experiences (schemas)

Question 18

what are schemas

Answer 18

a cognitive framework or concept that helps organise and interpret information in our brains. our schemas influence our memory encoding and retrieval

Question 19

what is familiarisation

Answer 19

changing unfamiliar details to align with our own schemas

Question 20

what is transformation

Answer 20

changing details to make them more familiar and rational

Question 21

what is rationalisation

Answer 21

adding details to give a reason for something that didn’t originally fit with a schema

Question 22

what is omission

Answer 22

leaving out irrelevant, unfamiliar or unpleasant details

Question 23

what method did bartlett use

Answer 23

participants were asked to read war of the ghosts. they were then randomly allocated into two conditions

Question 24

what was the first condition of bartlett’s study

Answer 24

serial reproduction - participants would read the story, wait 15 minutes and tell another participant about it

Question 25

what was the second condition of bartletts study

Answer 25

repeated reproduction - participants would read the story, then recall after intervals of 15 minutes, 24 hours, 1 week and 1 month later

Question 26

what were the results of bartlett’s study

Answer 26

in both conditions participants struggled to accurately recall the story, filling in the blanks in their memories with their own schemas