Ch 5 - Human Memory & Cognition

Front 1

Atkinson-Shiffrin Model
Acquisition Strategies

Back 1

Interaction between STM & LTM
-Transfering info from STM to LTM
-Control processes that could be used in attempt to learn new info
Acquisition Strategies
(1)Rehearsal
(2)Coding
(3)Imaging

Front 2

Acquisition Strategies

Back 2

REHEARSAL--Repeating verbal info to keep it active in STM or transfer it to LTM
CODING--Semantic elaboration of into to make it easier to remember-Placing new info in the context of easily accessible old info
IMAGING--Creating visual images to make material easier to remember

Front 3

Rote Rehearsal/Learning

Back 3

Learning by repetition rather than through understanding
-Verbal rehearsal

Front 4

Serial Position Effect

Back 4

Ability to recall words at the beginning and end of a list of words better than words in the middle of the list
-U Shaped Curve
Primacy & Recency Effect

Front 5

Primacy & Recency Effect

Back 5

PRIMACY-Better recall of words at the beginning of a list

RECENCY-Better recall of words at the end of a list

Front 6

Control Processes
3 Aspects

Back 6

A strategy that determines how info is processed
Acquisition-Storing info in LTM
Retention-Maintenance of knowledge
Retrieval-Getting info out of LTM -Recovering info

Front 7

Retrieval Fluency

Back 7

The ease with which an item can be recalled

Front 8

Tip-Of-The-Tongue Phenomenon

Back 8

A retrieval state in which a person feels they know the info but cannot immediately retrieve it
-You know its stored in LTM but are momentarily blocked from retrieving it

Front 9

Eyewitness Identification

Back 9

Recommended procedures are to conduct interview at slow pace and ask few, open-ended questions
-Memory retrieval techniques: Reinstating the context & recalling events by using different retrieval pathways
-Reliable Findings: Looking at mug shots can make eyewitness more likely to identify a person as a suspect when later viewing police lineup