Britton Memory

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short-term memory

Back 1

Your memory for immediate events.
Working memory
Limited duration
Limited capacity

Front 2

long-term memory

Back 2

Your memory for events that have happened in the past
2 minutes – 100 years
Unlimited duration
Unlimited capacity

Front 3

duration

Back 3

A measure of how long a memory lasts before it is
no longer available

Front 4

capacity

Back 4

A measure of how much can be held in memory.
Measured in terms of bits of information i.e. number of digits

Front 5

chunking

Back 5

Meaningful units of information
Increases capacity of STM

Front 6

central executive

Back 6

Monitors and coordinates all other mental functions in working memory

Front 7

phonological loop

Back 7

Encodes speech sounds in working memory
Rehearsal

Front 8

visuo-spatial sketchpad

Back 8

Encodes visual information in terms of separate objects as well as the arrangement of these objects in one’s visual field

Front 9

episodic buffer

Back 9

1.Receives input from many sources
2. Temporarily stores
3. Integrates information
4. Constructs a mental episode of what is being experienced now

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word length effect

Back 10

The observation that people remember lists of short words better than lists of long words.

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eyewitness testimony

Back 11

Evidence provided in court by a witness of crime.
Accuracy may be affected: during initial encoding, during storage, during retrieval

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leading (misleading) questions

Back 12

Question that, either by its form or by its content, suggests to the witness what answer is desired

Front 13

cognitive interview

Back 13

A police technique for interviewing witnesses, encouraging them to recreate the original context, to increase accessibility of stored information.

Front 14

mnemonic techniques

Back 14

Any structured technique used to help people remember and recall information

Front 15

elaborative rehearsal

Back 15

Deeper processing for meaning which is then repeated.