memory

Question 1

what does MSM stand for?

Answer 1

multi store model

Question 2

what does STM stand for?

Answer 2

short term memory

Question 3

what does LTM stand for?

Answer 3

long term memory

Question 4

what is the capacity of the sensory register in the MSM?

Answer 4

very large/ unlimited

Question 5

what is the capacity of the STM in the MSM?

Answer 5

5-9 items, 7+/-2

Question 6

what is the capacity of the LTM in the MSM?

Answer 6

theoretically unlimited

Question 7

what is the duration of the sensory register in the MSM?

Answer 7

less than 1 second

Question 8

what id the duration of the STM in the MSM?

Answer 8

18-30 sec

Question 9

what is the duration of the LTM in the MSM?

Answer 9

theoretically a lifetime

Question 10

what’s is the coding of the sensory register in the MSM?

Answer 10

all senses different stores

Question 11

what is the coding of the STM in the MSM?

Answer 11

mainly acoustic

Question 12

what is the coding of the LTM in the MSM?

Answer 12

semantic

Question 13

why is capacity?

Answer 13

how much information can be stored

Question 14

what is duration?

Answer 14

how long information can be stored for

Question 15

what are the 3 types of coding?

Answer 15

visual, acoustic, semantic

Question 16

what does the multi store model assume?

Answer 16

there are separate and distinct stores of memory, arch linked together but with their own capacity and duration

Question 17

who developed the multi store model?

Answer 17

atkinson and sheffrin 1968

Question 18

what are the three drops down from the multi store model?

Answer 18

capacity
duration
encoding

Question 19

who suggests that LTM was not a unitary store?

Answer 19

Tulving

Question 20

how many types of LTM does Tulving suggest?

Answer 20

3

Question 21

what are the 3 types of LTM suggested by Tulving?

Answer 21

episodic, procedural and semantic

Question 22

what is episodic memory?

Answer 22

memory of a certain event/episode

Question 23

what does episodic memory include?

Answer 23

event, context and emotions

Question 24

is episodic memory conscious or unconscious?

Answer 24

involves conscious though

Question 25

what is semantic memory?

Answer 25

memory of the meaning of things

Question 26

is semantic memory conscious or unconscious?

Answer 26

involves conscious thought

Question 27

what do semantic memories progress from?

Answer 27

usually start as episodic memories but progressively lose their association with certain events

Question 28

what is procedural memory?

Answer 28

memories of how to do things?

Question 29

ho is procedural memory typically acquired?

Answer 29

repetition and practice

Question 30

what is the name of being less aware of a memory as they have become automatic?

Answer 30

implicit memory

Question 31

what of the three types of LTM involves implicit memory?

Answer 31

procedural memory

Question 32

why is it important that our procedural memory is automatic?

Answer 32

so we can focus on other tasks while preforming every day skills

Question 33

how many parts of the cognitive interview are there?

Answer 33

4

Question 34

what are the 4 parts of the cognitive interview?

Answer 34

report everything, mental reinstatement of original context, changing order, changing perspective

Question 35

what are some of the advanced cognitive interview methods?

Answer 35

establishing rapport, active listening, open-ended questions, avoid interrupting, pausing, avoid leading questions

Question 36

what does report everything in CI mean?

Answer 36

describe every detail, even if it seems trivial or irrelevant

Question 37

what does reporting everything in CI do?

Answer 37

stops witnesses self selecting/ self censoring their EWT

Question 38

what does EWT stand for?

Answer 38

eye witness testimony

Question 39

what does mental reinstatement of original context in CI mean?

Answer 39

get witness thinking of physical surroundings & psychological state- based on tulvings encoding specific principe

Question 40

what does changing the order in CI mean?

Answer 40

report event in different temporal orders moving back and forward in time

Question 41

what does changing the order in CI help prevent?

Answer 41

story schemas

Question 42

what does changing the perspective in the CI mean?

Answer 42

describe event from different POV’s

Question 43

what does changing the perspective in CI prevent?

Answer 43

being overly personal or subjective

Question 44

what is the support for enhancing the accuracy of EWT?

Answer 44

Gieselman et all 1985 tested ps by showing them videos of simulated crime and then testing different groups with a cognitive interview, standard interview or an interview under hypnosis. They found the cognitive interview elicited more information from the p’s than either of the other methods