1 - Memory

Question 1

Name 3 processes in the MSM

Answer 1

Attention, Rehearsal, Elaborative/Maintenance, Retrieval, Decay/Forgetting

Question 2

Name the 3 stores of the Multi Store Model (MSM) of Memory

Answer 2

Sensory Register
Short Term Memory (STM)
Long Term Memory (LTM)

Question 3

Describe the features of the 3 stores of the multi store model

Duration
Capacity
Encoding

Answer 3

Sensory -
sensory modality
limitless
c. 0.25 seconds

STM -
acoustic
7+-2 chunks
18-30 seconds

LTM -
semantic
potentially limitless
up to a lifetime

Question 4

Name 3 types of Long term memory

Answer 4

Episodic - life events
Semantic - knowledge of the world
Procedural - skills

Question 5

Name the stores of the Working Memory Model (WMM) (Question 5)

Answer 5

Central executive
Visuospatial sketchpad (visual cache, inner scribe)
episodic buffer
phonological loop (phonological store and articulatory control)

Question 6

Describe the features of the stores of the working memory model

capacity
encoding

Answer 6

Central executive -
limited
all

Phonological loop -
2 seconds
Acoustic

Visuospatial sketchpad -
3-4 objects
Visual

Episodic -
limited
all

Question 7

Name 2 explanations of forgetting and the subtypes within those explanations

Answer 7

Interference -
Proactive (old > new)
Retroactive (new > old)

Retrieval failure -
Context dependent (external)
State dependent (internal)
abscence of meaningful links cues

Question 8

Name 3 factors affecting the accuracy of eyewitness testimony (EWT)

Answer 8

Leading questions
Post Event Discussion
Anxiety
Misleading information

Question 9

Name 3 research studies that show how each factor in Q8 affect the reliability of EWT

Answer 9

Leading questions -
Loftus & Palmer (1974)

PED -
Gabbert et al. (2003)

Anxiety -
Johnson & Scott (1976)

Question 10

Name 4 parts of the cognitive interview

Answer 10

Recall everything
Reverse order
Changed perspective
Context reinstatement