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Memory Psychology

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show How long a memory lasts.  
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show How much can be held in the memory.  
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show Transferring information into code, creating a trace.  
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What is short term memory?   show
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show Long term memory has an unlimited capacity (permanent)  
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show Peterson and Peterson 1959  
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show Bahrick et al 1975  
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Who studied the capacity of STM?   show
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show Baddeley 1966  
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What is meant by encoding?   show
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show Miller 1956 found that people can remember 7+/- items. He suggested that we use 'chunking' to combine individual letters or numbers into larger more meaningful units so that they are remembered more easily i.e. 0266-262-644  
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Who created the Multi-store model of memory?   show
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What are the components of the multi-store model of memory?   show
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show 1. The Primacy effect 2. The Recency effect 3. People with Korsakoff's syndrome  
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Name some limitations of the Multi-store model of memory   show
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Who developed the Working Memory model?   show
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What are the Working Memory Model's components?   show
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show Shallice and Warrington 1974 found support through KF Limitation: Too simplistic and vague  
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show It refers to an account given by people of an event they have witnessed.  
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Who studied eyewitness testimonies?   show
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What did Valentine and Coxon study?   show
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show Geiselman et al 1984 developed a cognitive interview technique to increase the accuracy of witness' recall during police questioning.  
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show 1. Witness relaxed- interviewer tailors language 2. Context: environment/mood recreated 3. Witness reports everything 4. Witness recalls details of crime in different orders 5. Recall from different perspectives 6. Interviewer non judgmental  
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show Geiselman et al 1986  
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What are leading questions?   show
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Give two factors which may affect the accuracy of eyewitness testimony   show
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show Mnemonics are internal memory strategies. They use visual imagery and associations to help us remember things better.  
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show Loci is a strategy that uses visual imagery. It is useful for remembering a list of words or objects.  
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show A Peg-word is a technique using imagery to remember a set of objects or words. The peg words rhyme with the numbers which helps you remember them.  
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show Narrative stories link words together.  
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