Memory Flashcards

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Encoding

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in what form?

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Capacity

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how much information?

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Duration

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how long for?

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Sensory Memory: Encoding

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iconic memory (visual from the eye) - images
echoic memory (auditory input from the ears) - sounds
haptic memory (tactile input from the body) - feelings

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Where does sensory memory take information for

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from the sense organs and holds them in that same form

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Research in Sensory Memory

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information is stored in an unprocessed form
transferred to short term memory through attention

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Sensory Memory: Sperling 1960 - recalling letters

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presented a grid of letters for less than a second
sperling used a grid of letters to cue participants to recall a specific row
recall on the specified row was high
demonstrated we have large capacity in sensory memory

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Short Term Memory: Encoding

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in 1964 Conrad visually presented students with one letter at a time
letters that are acoustically similar are harder to recall from STM than those which are acoustically dissimilar
suggesting that STM mainly encodes things acoustically even though items were presented visually

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Short Term Memory: Capacity

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Miller 1956, the STM can hold ‘the magic number 7 plus or minus 2)
on average the capacity of STM is between 5 and 9 items of information

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Short Term Memory: Extending Capacity, chunking

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Miller 1956, increase capacity by combining separate bits of information into larger chunks
chunking involves making info more meaningful by organising it in line with existing knowledge from your LTM

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Short Term Memory: Duration

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the duration of STM is 18-30 seconds
Peterson and Peterson (1959)
got students to recall combinations of 3 letters (trigrams after longer and longer intervals)
prevented from rehearsing during trigrams using a counting task

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Long Term Memory: Encoding

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Baddeley 1966
presented lists of 10 words at a time
some lists were semantically similar some were not
tested immediately and then after 20 mins
after 20 mins did poorly on semantic test
suggesting we encode LTM’s according to what they mean so similar things get confused

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Long Term Memory: Capacity

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capacity - potential unlimited

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Long Term Memory: Duration

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anything up to a lifetime - difficult to test exact duration
Bahrick et al (1975) tested US graduates
show classmates photos years later
90% accuracy remembering faces and names 34 yrs after graduation this declined after 48 yrs particularly for faces

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Multi Store Model of Memory Theory

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Memory is the process of encoding, storing and retrieving information
encoding or coding is taking information from the environment, converting the information so that it can be stored
storage, retaining encoded information can be in LTM or STM
retrieval, access the information that has been stored

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Multi-Store Model of Memory

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Environment Input - Sensory Memory - STM (rehearsal loop) = LTM
+ recall, attention, prolonged rehearsal, retrieval

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Primary Recency Effect

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first few words are inputted into sensory memory and they are paid attention to an placed in STM and then rehearsed into LTM then retained back into STM
middle words are placed in sensory memory however they stay there and decay
last few word get to STM because first few words have now been processed

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Evaluating Multi-Store Model of Memory

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the first model of memory - pro
we can now study what STM and LTM is and can help solve issues, if someone new comes they have a good basis to start from
the model is oversimplified - con
many research finding cannot be explained by the model, more than one type of rehearsal, more than one type of STM and LTM
over emphasis the role of rehearsal - con
this is because it makes it sound like rehearsal is the only way to store information in your LTM
a pro is that it can explain primary recency effect

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Case Study: Henry Gustav Molaison - 1953

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HM had an accident as a boy which caused him to have seizures to control these seizures he had brain surgery to remove is hippocampus and amygdala
as a result of surgery the seizures decreased but he could no longer form new memories or remember the prior 11 years of his life
however he could remember childhood memories
the surgeon probably destroyed brain structures which played a role in sense of smell and forming new memories
anterogade amnesia due to loss of hippocampus
HM could use his memory only until STM and could live only in the moment

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Brenda Miller’s experiment on HM

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He was to trace an outline of a star, but he could only see the mirrored reflection. He did this once a day over a period of a few days and Milner observed that he became faster and faster. Each time he performed the task he had no memory of ever having done it before, but his performance kept improving. This is further evidence for localization of function – the hippocampus must play a role in declarative (explicit) memory but not procedural (implicit) memory

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Does HM support the multi-store model

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because the model can explain where HMs anterograde amnesia stems from
he is unable to move STM into the LTM which denotes both the existence of STM and LTM on separate stores and the need for the movement between them

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Research Support for Seperation of LTM and STM

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Baddeley 1966 gave ppts word lists, acoustically similar and dissimilar, semantically similar and dissimilar
ppts mixed up acoustically similar words in STM and semantically similar words LTM
supports model, as model suggests that LTM and STM are separate stores
this gives the model validity as it suggests its accurate

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Flashbulb Memories

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do not require rehearsal
an event that occurs that sticks with someone
an accurate and vivid memory effected by emotional states
multi-store model is unable to explain why they occur, this is a limitation of the model therefore lacks explanatory power for real life memory forming

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Memory pros and cons concerning
memory research
HM

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memory research uses nonsense tasks and is conducted in laboratories therefore does not have ecological validity because the tasks are situations that we would no face in everyday life
there are ethical tissues with HM case study because no informed consent from him because he forgot that he gave consent or had the right to withdraw they did have consent from his guardians

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Working Model Memory Intro
Baddeley and Hitch they believed that STM store in MSM was too simplistic they thought that STM was not a passive store but several active processes that manipulate info
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Experiment Dual-Task
if digit span is a measure of STM capacity ppts should be expected to show impaired performance on the reasoning task because their STM would be fully occupied ppts made errors on either however speed was slightly slower they concluded that STM must be made of several components all of which are involved in processes other than simply storage
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Working Model of Memory
central executive visuo-spatial sketchpad episodic buffer phonological loop
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Central Executive
drives the system decides how attention is directed to particular tasks allocates the resources to tasks data arrives from the senses or from the LTM has limited storage capacity, so cannot attend to many things at once
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Visuo-Spatial Sketchpad
stores and manipulates visual information, input is from eyes or LTM if you imagine an object and then picture it rotating you are using your visuo-spatial sketchpad 2 sub-systems visual cache - stores visual data inner scribe - records the arrangement of objects in the visual field (where they are)
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Episodic Buffer
the episodic buffer takes information from the other slave systems and adds information about time and order, ready for episodic LTM
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Phonological Loop
inner ear, repeat sounds to remember use sound based code to remember, decays after 2 seconds articulatory loop, inner voice, rehearses info verbally and has capacity of 2 seconds, repeat over and over again
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Evaluation of the Working Model of Memory Support for WMM comes from clinical evidence
Support for WMM comes from clinical evidence - case study of patient KF they suffered brain damage then had poor STM ability for verbal information but could process visual information, only PL had been damaged this supports the separation of visual and acoustic stores, however may not be reliable because cases are unique
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Evaluation of the Working Model of Memory Better at explaining memory than MSM
yes more developed STM less simplified, divides STM into parts which evidence suggests is accurate
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Evaluation of the Working Model of Memory Concept of CE is vague
least understood of working components, needs to be more clearly explained than just simply being attention, may consist of separate components
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Evaluation of the Working Model of Memory WMM not complete explanation of
doesnt talk about LTM doesnt show how information moves to the LTM, can only be used when comparing MSM
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Evaluation of the Working Model of Memory Logie et al (1989)
ppts play game and at the same time carry out either a visuo-spatial/ verbal memory distracter task impaired performance on perceptual motor conclusion separated PL and V-S SP, demonstrates limited capacity of components, can only do a certain amount of processing
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Evaluation of the Working Model of Memory WMM helps explain learning differences
DeSong 2006 dyslexia involves deficit in PL and CE functioning, effects childrens learning of phonics, ability to take apart and analyse sounds in words requires student to have strong working memory real life application if we know PL + CE not functioning teachers can come up with strategies to help
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Evaluation of the Working Model of Memory Brain scanning studies have been conducted
tasks involving CE during brain scan greater activity in prefrontal cortex activity in area increased as task became harder as demand on CE increases it works harder suggests STM is actively processing info
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Evaluation of the Working Model of Memory Dual task experiments have been carried out
support separate existence of V-S SP, more difficulty doing 2 visual tasks than one verbal and one visual, this is because they arent the same slave systems and therefore there is no competition
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Types of LTM
procedural memory (non-declarative memory) - knowing how declarative memory - knowing that
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Procedural memory/ non-declarative memory
implicit, knowing how, not easy to put into words memory for actions or skills can recall these memories without conscious awareness or a great deal of effort
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Declarative memory
explicit memory, knowing that, easy to put into words
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Declarative memory further splits into
semantic memory - general knowledge episodic memories - personal recollection
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Semantic memory
contains knowledge of the world includes facts memories of what words mean, e.g. what university is these memories are not time stamped much less personal better sustained over time than episodic linked to episodic as new knowledge tends to come from experience some suggest it is linked to the hippocampus some say several areas
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Episodic memory
Auto biographical record of your experience strength of memory influenced by emotions present at time of encoding strength affected by degree of processing - highly processed memories recalled more easily suggested that they help in distinguishing between real events and imagination coding in the prefrontal cortex different parts of memory for the event are looked in different areas of the brain connected through the hippocampus to create memory of an episode rather than separate sections
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Evaluation of Tulvings Theory of LTM - CL
8yr old CL had brain damage after tumour removed which led to deficiencies in episodic LTM, semantic LTM unaffected suggesting they use different brain areas
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Evaluation of Tulvings Theory of LTM - Clive Wearing
famous musician who suffered from a rare brain infection which left him with moment to moment memory but procedural memory that had previously stored were still available to him if you ask him if he can play music he says no (declarative) but he can still play the piano (non-declarative memory), semantic memory is also fine
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Evaluation of Tulvings Theory of LTM - HM
HM drew a star by tracing it he couldnt look down but he could look at the mirror, procedural memory not affected since he can do this however episodic memory effected because he cant remember doing this
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Evaluation of Tulvings Theory of LTM - Brain Damage Difficulties
brain damage is traumatic which may change behaviour may have difficulties paying attention and therefore underperform on some memory tasks cannot control degree of damage sustained may be a relay station that is damaged not the area that controls the behaviour
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Evaluation of Tulvings Theory of LTM - AO3 Neuroimaging Evidence
Nyberg et al (2003) brain scans show memories are stored in different areas of the brain, PET scans show episodic and semantic are in the pre-frontal cortex, left semantic, right episodic concept has validity
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Evaluation of Tulvings Theory of LTM - AO3 Real Life Applications
can target aspects of memory to improve lives episodic memory can be improved in older people who have mild cognitive impairment enables specific treatment to be made relationship between episodic and semantic some patients retain ability to form new semantic memories but not episodic memories
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Interference Theory Research Schmidt et al (2000)
aimed to assess influence of retroactive interference upon memory of street names learned during childhood
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Interference Theory Research Schmidt et al (2000) - Procedure
randomly slected 700 pupils from database old and new students they were all sent questionnaires 211 responded (11-79) given a map of the area with 48 street names replaced with numbers, asked to remember as many as possible, relevant details were collected (how many times ppt moved, where they lived), retroactive interference was assessed by the number of times individuals had moved (thus learning new street names)
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Interference Theory Research Schmidt et al (2000) - Findings
positive association between number of times ppts had moved house and number of street names they had forgotten retroactive interference is potentially causing forgetfulness of true supports interference theory
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Interference Theory Research Schmidt et al (2000) - Extraneous variables
higher IQ = better memory real life settings can cheat on questionnaires age older = worse memory method of transportation
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Baddeley and Hitch (1977) - Rugby Players Retroactive interference
asked rugby players to remember as many as possible of the teams they had played interference tested by assessing how recall was affected by number of games played forgetting was due to number of games played rather than passage of time supports retroactive interference as more games played more interference experienced
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Forgetting
the failure to recall memories
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Interference Theory
forgetting is due to the information in the LTM becoming confused with or disrupted by other information while coding, confusion or disruption leads to inaccurate recall
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Proactive
previously learned information interferes with more recent learning e.g. you call your new partner your ex-partners name
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Retroactive
recent learning interferes with information previously learned e.g your recent learning of spanish interferes with your previous learning of french
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Interference Theory McGeoch and McDonald (1932)
in both cases interference is worse when memories are similar
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Interference Theory McGeoch and McDonald (1932) - Procedure
studied retroactive interference by changing the amount of similarity between two sets of materials ppts had to learn a list of 10 words (100% accuracy) they then learned a new list 6 groups group 1 - synonyms group 2 - antonyms group 3 - words unrelated to original group 4 - consonant syllables group 5 - 3-digit numbers group 6 - no list (control group)
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Interference Theory McGeoch and McDonald (1932) - Findings
when recalling the original list of words , performance depended on the second list the most similar material produced the worst recall, interference is strongest when memories are similar
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Interference Theory A03 lacks ecological validity
only explains forgetting when two sets of information are similar. this cannot be applied to everyday real-life forgetting. for example forgetting to go the one appointment you booked cannot be explained by the interference theory. therefore the interference theory lacks external validity because it does not explain why we forget non-similar things it only explains forgetting similar things. it also lacks real-life application because most evidence is from lab studies which also lack ecological validity.
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Interference Theory A03 lab experiments
one strength of interference theory is lab experiments, literally thousand of lab experiments have been carried out into this explanation for forgetting. for example in 1931, McGeoch and McDonald made an experiments where they tested ppts with a list of 10 words which they had to learn with 100% accuracy, the ppts were then separated into 6 groups each group having to learn a different second list with varying levels of similarity. the results showcased that when recalling the original list of words their performance depended on the nature of the second list. the more similar the worse the results. this proves the interference theory. however since a lab experiment it takes place in artificial settings and lacks ecological validity.
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Retrieval Failure/ Cue-dependent Forgetting
a type of forgetting based upon a failure to retrieve the prompts to trigger recall information is still in LTM but cannot be accessed recall is dependent on accessing information by remembering the retrieval under which the information is stored
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Encoding Specificity Principle (ESP)
Tulving 1988, if a cue is to help us recall it has to be present at encoding and at retrieval if the cues available at encoding and retrieval are different forgetting will occur
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Context-Dependent Failure
external retrieval cues, forgetting occurs when the external environment is different at recall from when it was encoded for example achieving fewer marks in a test when you take the test in a different room to where you learnt the information
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State-Dependent Failure
internal retrieval cues forgetting occurs when an individuals internal environment is dissimilar at recall to when the information was encoded
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State-Dependent Failure Research Darley et al (1975)
ppts who hid money while high on marijuana were less able to recall where the money was when they were not high. when they were high again they were better able to recall where they had hid the money
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State-Dependent Failure Research Carter and Cassaday (1988) - Procedure
they looked at the effect of anti-histamines, they gave these to their ppts, these had a mild sedative effect making the ppts slightly drowsy. this creates an internal physiological state different from the normal state of being awake and alert. the ppts had to learn passages of prose and recall it group 1 - learn on the drug - recall when on it group 2 - learn on the drug - recall when not on it group 3 - learn not on drug - recall when on it group 4 - learn not on drug - recall when not on it
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State-Dependent Failure Research Carter and Cassaday (1988) - Findings
where there was mismatch between internal state at learning and recall performance on the memory test was significantly worse, so when cues are absent there is more forgetting
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Context-Dependent Failure Research Godden and Baddeley (1975) - Procedure
divers learned a list of words when underwater or on land and then were asked to recall the words either underwater or on land group 1 - learn on land - recall on land group 2 - learn on land - recall underwater group 3 - learn underwater - recall on land group 4 - learn underwater - recall underwater
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Context-Dependent Failure Research Godden and Baddeley (1975) - Findings
in two of these conditions the environmental contexts of learning and recall matched, whereas is the other two they did not, accurate recall was 40% lower in the non-matching conditions
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Retrieval Failure Theory AO3 real life application
although context-dependent cues appear not to have a very strong effect on forgetting. Baddeley suggest they are worth paying attention to this could be very useful in education we could do tests in the same environment that content was learnt
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Retrieval Failure Theory AO3 not testable
ESP cannot be tested since it leads to a form of circular reasoning in experiments where a cue produces the successful recall of a word we assume that the cue must have been encoded at time of learning and the opposite for when a cue does not produce a successful result, no way to check whether cues have been created or not
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Retrieval Failure Theory AO3 cues effect memory when tested a specific way
when the divers study is altered to be a recognition test it becomes a limitation because recognition wasnt affected by context-dependent forgetting going under sea or on land had no effect on their ability to recognise. therefore theory only works when a specific thing is taught and then remembered not when testing recognition
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Factors Affecting Eyewitness Testimony: Misleading Information - Leading Questions - Loftus and Palmer Experiment 1
in 1974 Loftus and Palmer investigated how information provided to a witness after an event will influence their memory of the event Method - IV was verb used DV estimates of speed 45 ppts were shown a video they were split into 5 groups all ppts were asked 'about how fast were the cars going when they --- each other' each group was given a different verb to fill in the blank results smashed 40.8mph collided bumped hit contacted 31.8mph
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Factors Affecting Eyewitness Testimony: Misleading Information - Leading Questions - Loftus and Palmer Experiment Evaluation Ecological Validity
low because it was a laboratory study and the ppts know they were taking part in an experiment in real life situations would be an element of surprise so you might not be playing attention might not be asked questions until some time later have the opportunity to talk with other people
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Factors Affecting Eyewitness Testimony: Misleading Information - Leading Questions - Loftus and Palmer Experiment ppts
ppts were all students not representative of general population, may include age, driving experience, educational experience (e.g. used to paying attention and get tested)
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Factors Affecting Eyewitness Testimony: Misleading Information - Leading Questions - Loftus and Palmer Experiment Usefulness and Issues
useful police questioning witness courtroom witness rules issues hard to estimate speed for some people easier for others driver not visible in car, old woman go slow what if car had been a porsche or ferrari
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Factors Affecting Eyewitness Testimony: Misleading Information - Post-Event Discussion - Gabbert et al (2003)
when co-witnesses to a crime discuss it, testimony can be contaminated ppts watched video of the crime, filmed from different viewpoints, so each ppt could see elements of the event that others could not, ppts then discussed what they had seen before comparing recall 71% of ppts recalled aspects of the event they did not see but picked up in discussion, control group 0% conclusion, witnesses often go along with each other to win social approval or because they believe others may be right and they may be wrong this is called memory conformity
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Factors Affecting Eyewitness Testimony: Misleading Information Evaluation
supporting evidence, Loftus and Palmer suggest EWT in real life is generally inaccurate and hence unreliable lack of ecological validity in study: Foster (1994) found if ppts thought they were watching a real life robbery and their response would influence the trial, their identification of the robber was more accurate real-world application: EWT research is important to ensure innocent people are not convicted on the basis of faulty EWT's individual differences - elderly people compare to younger subjects have difficulty remembering source of information therefore more prone to misleading information
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Anxiety has a negative effect on recall
anxiety leads to increased arousal in the body which can stop us from paying attention to important cues (such as facial features of attacker) and therefore recall is worse
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Anxiety has a positive effect on recall
the stress of witnessing a crime or accident creates anxiety the fight or flight response is triggered which increases our alertness and therefore improves our memory for the event because we are aware of cues in the situation like the attackers face
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Factors Affecting Eyewitness Testimony: Anxiety - Negative Effect - Johnson and Scott (1976)
ppts in a waiting room overheard a heated discussion in the room next door condition 1 = overhear normal conversation, man emerges holding ink-stained pen (low anxiety) - 49% of ppts accurately identified the man condition 2 = overhear heated conversation, man emerges holding blood-stained knife (high anxiety) - 36% of ppts accurately identified the man conclusion anxiety makes EWT worse
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Weapon Focus Effect
if a crime is violent then high anxiety and levels off arousal may focus attention on the central details of the attack e.g. weapon used instead of perpetrators face
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Factors Affecting Eyewitness Testimony: Anxiety - Positive Effect - Yuille and Cutshall (1986)
a group of 21 customers in a gun shop in Vancouver witnessed the owner of the shop shoot and kill a thief they all gave statements to the police 13 of these original customers were interviewed five months later by Yuille and Cutshall original statements were compares to interviews for accuracy most ppts were very accurate even after 5 months ppts were asked how stressful they found the event those who found it more stressful were more accurate in their recollection of the event
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Yerkes Dodson Law
we can account for the contradictory findings between positive and negative effects on anxiety using the inverted u hypothesis this states that when arousal (e.g. anxiety) is concerned, there is an optimum level at which performance will be best, but below or above this it will be worse
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Factors Affecting Eyewitness Testimony: Anxiety - A03 - inverted u hypothesis is too simple
anxiety is difficult to explain and measure accurately anxiety has many many elements: cognitive, behavioural, emotional, physical but the inverted u hypothesis assumes only one of these is linked to poor performance, physiological (physical) arousal
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Factors Affecting Eyewitness Testimony: Anxiety - A03 - individual differences
suggests that a key extraneous variable in studies of anxiety is emotional sensitivity Bothwell et al (1987) ppts were tested for personality characteristics labelled as neuronic (anxious quickly) or stable (less emotionally sensitive) stable ppts showed rising levels of accuracy as stress levels increased the opposite happened for neuronics
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Factors Affecting Eyewitness Testimony: Anxiety - A03 - Parker (2006)
lab-based and real life studies of anxiety only compare high and low anxiety groups. However there must be a moderate group so that it can be properly tested Parker overcame this problem by interviewing people who had been affected by the destruction wrought by hurricane Andrew in the US in 1992, researchers defined anxiety in terms of the amount of damage the ppts suffered to their homes researchers found that there there was a link between the level of recall and the amount of damage? anxiety experienced
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Factors Affecting Eyewitness Testimony: Anxiety - A03 - Pickel (1988)
Pickel conducted an experiment using scissors a handgun a wallet and a raw chicken scissors low anxiety low unusualness chicken and handgun low anxiety high unusualness weapon focus is due to unusualness rather than anxiety and therefore it tells us nothing specifically about effects on anxiety on EWT
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Factors Affecting Eyewitness Testimony: Anxiety - A03 - Yuille and Cutshall measurements
they used a likert scale to measure anxiety this is a problem because every person has different perception of levels of anxiety also people might lie if they dont want others to know how anxious they got
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What is EWT
EWT is important for juries when making decisions in 75% of cases, where individuals found to have been wrongly convicted by DNA evidence the original EWT which led to the conviction was incorrect research helps further our understanding and has many practical applications has influence how courts conduct witness statements and the basis of convictions
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Factors Affecting Eyewitness Testimony: Schema
Bartlett (1932) - memories are not accurate snapshots of event but are reconstructions schemas are internal, mental representations of the world they cause us to interpret sensory information in a pre-set manner schemas affect the reliability of EWT, witnesses arent just revealing facts as they happened, they are reconstructing memories
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What Principles is the CI Based on?
organisation - the way memory is organised means memories can be accessed in a number of ways cue dependency - memories are cue dependent, they use situational and emotional cues present during the original encoding
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The Four CI Techniques
reinstate the context change of narrative order change perspective repeat everything
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Reinstate the Context
help the interviewees go back in their minds to the context in which they encoded the memory e.g. how they were feeling emotionally going back in mind - external or internal cue could cause recall
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Change of Narrative Order
changing the order in which the events are recalled can be very beneficial as it ensures that details are not skipped and gaps can be filed e.g. witness asked to record their account in reverse order blocks the effect of schemas and therefore stop expectations impacting memory
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Change Perspective
you are asked to describe the incident from the perspective of other people who were present at the time e.g. from the offender pov block effect of schemas i.e. expectations of being a victim
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Report Everything
required to report back any information about the event you can remember, even if it does not seem to have a bearing on the crime this should trigger further details + memories
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ECI Fisher and Geiselman (1987)
amended version of the CI the ECI builds a trusting relationship between interviewer and witness, this improves the communications between the two includes ideas about reducing anxiety, minimising distractions, asking open ended questions and getting the witness to speak slowly the interviewer needs to know when to establish eye contact and when to relinquish it (they may receive learning for this)
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AO3 CI - Supporting Research
strength of the CI is the amount of supporting research for example Kohnken et al (1999( conducted a meta-analysis of 53 studies and found an average increase of 34% in the amount of correct info gathered in the ECI compared to standard interview techniques
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AO3 CI - Can be Split
another strength of the CI is the ability to be split and used separately in 2002 Milne and Bull found that each individual element was uniquely available they found that a combination of report everything and context reinstatement produced better recall than any other condition this is a strength because it suggest that even if CI cant be used as a whole two elements should be used also many times police dont have enough time for training so they could learn these two initially
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AO3 CI - Time consuming and Expensive
learning the CI is time consuming and expensive and the police is a government funded institution therefore has limited spending capacity and the training for CI is very specialist Kebhel and Wagstaff found that many police forces have not been able to provide more than a few hours of training also conducting the CI takes more time than a standard police interview