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Theories of Memory

1) Multi-store Model (Murdock 1962)


2) Reconstructive Model (Bartlett 1932)


3)Levels of Processing (Craik & Lockhart 1972)


MSM


Encoding

Changing information so it can be stored

MSM


Storage

Keeping information so we can use it again in necessary

MSM


Retrieval

Taking information from our memory system so that we can use it.

Reconstructive memory proposed by Bartlett

We might reconstruct what we think we saw to help us remember. Bartlett proposed that our memory is affected by our attitudes and feelings at the time we processed the information.

LoP


Structural

what does the word look like? is it in capital letters?


(C&L 15%)

LoP


Phonetic

what does the word sound like? does it rhyme with "dog"?


(C&L 35%)

LoP


Semantic

what does the word mean? does it fit into a sentence?


(C&L 70%)

Theories of Forgetting

1)Interference (Postman & Underwood)


2) Context ( Godden & Baddley 1975)


3) Brain Damage (Russel & Nathan 1946)

ToF


Proactive

when previously learned information interferes with new information

ToF


Retroactive

when new information interferes with previously learned information

ToF


Context

Theory proposes that we forget because we need cues to help us remember

ToF


Anterograde

being unable to make new memories after suffering brain damage

ToF


Retrograde Amnesia


(Russel & Nathan 1946)

being unable to remember information from before the brain damage

Factors that affect Eye Witness Testimony

1) Leading questions (Loftus & Palmer 1947)


2)Unfamiliar Faces (Bruce & Young 1998)

EWT


Leading questions

a question that hints that a particular answer is required