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Short term memory
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Your memory for immediate events.
Working memory Limited duration Limited capacity |
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Long term memory
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Your memory for events that have happened in the past
2 minutes – 100 years Unlimited duration Unlimited capacity |
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Duration
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A measure of how long a memory lasts before it is
no longer available |
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Capacity
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A measure of how much can be held in memory.
Measured in terms of bits of information i.e. number of digits |
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Chunking
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Meaningful units of information
Increases capacity of STM |
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Central Executive
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Monitors and coordinates all other mental functions in working memory
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Phonological loop
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Encodes speech sounds in working memory
Rehearsal That is why it is called a loop |
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Visuo-spatial sketchpad
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Encodes visual information in terms of separate objects as well as the arrangement of these objects in one’s visual field
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Episodic buffer
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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
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The observation that people remember lists of short words better than lists of long words.
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Eyewitness testimony
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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
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Question that, either by its form or by its content, suggests to the witness what answer is desired
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Cognitive interview
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A police technique for interviewing witnesses, encouraging them to recreate the original context, to increase accessibility of stored information.
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Mnemonic techniques
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Any structured technique used to help people remember and recall information
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Elaborative rehearsal
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Deeper processing for meaning which is then repeated.
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