Memory A03

Question 1

Discuss research into features of memory

Answer 1

• Bahrick et Al - High ecological validity
• Bahrick et Al - no control over EVs as field experiment. Some pps might’ve looked at yearbook recently.
• Artificial tasks - Jacobs, P+P, Baddeley

Question 2

Outline and evaluate the multi store model

Answer 2

• Reductionist - fails to outline the differnet types of STM and LTM
• Primary recency effect supports MSM - rehearsal
• H.M contradicts - after operation on hippocampus - unable to form new memories and lacked STM - suggests diff types of LTM
• clive wearing supports - remembers LTM but can’t remember STM

Question 3

Outline and evaluate types of LTM

Answer 3

• Clive wearing = evidence as procedural memory playing piano but no episodic memory
• neuroimaging evidence - episodic associated with hippocampus whereas procedural is cerebellum
• Cohen and Squire contradict - declarative and non declarative memory (semantic and episodic are bunched together in declarative).

Question 4

Outline and evaluate the working memory model

Answer 4

• K.F supports - auditory can’t remember anything but visual STM is okay
• Dual task performance - Baddeley and Hitch found could do visual and auditory tasks at same time
• lacks clarity of central executive

Question 5

Discuss retrieval failure as an explanation of forgetting

Answer 5

• supporting evidence - Godden and Baddeley - divers
• supporting evidence - Carter and Cassaday - anti histamines
• Context differences are very small in real life so exaggerated
• Real world application - dementia - cues to trigger

Question 6

Discuss interference as an explanation for forgetting

Answer 6

• Baddeley and Hitch = research support - rugby players that played more had more interference
• Tulving found interference overcome by using cues - suggests issue is accessibility of memory rather than availability

Question 7

Discuss research into the effect of leading questions on accuracy of EWT

Answer 7

• lab study so high internal validity
• lab experiment = not representative as feelings of shock and fear would be much more heightened in real life than lab
• sample was all students so not completely representative