Pyschology GCES Flashcards
(22 cards)
Which study asked participants to retell “War of Ghosts”
Barlett (1932)
Which study asked participants to recall 3 letters whilst counting backwards
Peterson and Peterson (1959)
Which study asked participants to learn a list of words presented one at time with a 2 second interval?
Murdock (1962)
Which later study examined if results similar to the Bartlett study of 1932 would occur for participants recounting familiar events?
Wynn & Logie (1998)
What are the 3 stages of Flow of Information in Memory
Encoding, Storage, Retrieval
Which study revealed the Recency and Primary Effects?
Murdock (1962)
What are the 3 different memory stores in the multi-store model of memory?
Sensory - Short Term - Long Term
How long can short term memory hold information?
< 1 minute
How long sensory memory hold information
< 1 second
Hom much information can be stored in short term memory
7 chunks (Post Codes and Car Number plates)
Which 1968 study proposed the idea that information passes through a series of memory stores
Atkinson and Shiffin
What was the result of the Peterson and Peterson 1959 study
Participants had forgotton nearly all the information after about 18 seconds
What was the conclusion of the Peterson and Peterson 1959 study?
That we cannot hold information in the short term memory unless we rehearse it
What was the conclusion of the Wynn and Logie 1998 study?
That memories for familiar events do not change over time
What was the conclusion of the Bartlett 1932 study?
Memory is influenced by our own beliefs
What is the name of the theory of memory developed by Bartlett’s 1932 paper?
Reconstructive Memory
Which study provided evidence for separate short term and long term stores (Multi-Store)?
Murdock (1962) study
Give a critism of the 1968 Peterson and Peterson study and the technical name for this.
The memory tasks are not representative of everyday days therefore lacked ECOLOGICAL VALIDITY
Give a critism for Wynn and Logies 1998 study.
Difficult to measure the accuracy of the stories beign told
Give a critism for Bartlett’s 1932 study
Confusing and not familiar to everyday experiences
Describe Wyn and Logies 1998 study
Asked university students to describe their first week at university throughout the year
Describe Bartlett’s 1932 study
Asked participants to recall story of “War of the Ghosts”
