A Level Psychology
Memory
, Specification
- The multi-store model of memory: sensory register, short-term memory and long-term memory. Features of each
store: coding, capacity and duration.
- Types of long-term memory: episodic, semantic, procedural.
- The working memory model: central executive, phonological loop, visuo-spatial sketchpad and episodic buffer.
Features of the model: coding and capacity.
- Explanations for forgetting: proactive and retroactive interference and retrieval failure due to absence of cues.
- Factors affecting the accuracy of eyewitness testimony: misleading information, including leading questions and
post-event discussion; anxiety.
- Improving the accuracy of eyewitness testimony, including the use of the cognitive interview.
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, Contents
The Multi-Store Model of Memory 4
Types of Long-Term Memory 7
The Working Memory Model 9
Explanations for Forgetting 12
Eyewitness Testimony - The Effect of Misleading Information on the Accuracy of Eyewitness
Testimony 15
Eyewitness Testimony - The Effect of Anxiety on the Accuracy of Eyewitness Testimony 17
The Cognitive Interview and Increasing the Accuracy of Eyewitness Testimony 19
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Memory
, Specification
- The multi-store model of memory: sensory register, short-term memory and long-term memory. Features of each
store: coding, capacity and duration.
- Types of long-term memory: episodic, semantic, procedural.
- The working memory model: central executive, phonological loop, visuo-spatial sketchpad and episodic buffer.
Features of the model: coding and capacity.
- Explanations for forgetting: proactive and retroactive interference and retrieval failure due to absence of cues.
- Factors affecting the accuracy of eyewitness testimony: misleading information, including leading questions and
post-event discussion; anxiety.
- Improving the accuracy of eyewitness testimony, including the use of the cognitive interview.
2
, Contents
The Multi-Store Model of Memory 4
Types of Long-Term Memory 7
The Working Memory Model 9
Explanations for Forgetting 12
Eyewitness Testimony - The Effect of Misleading Information on the Accuracy of Eyewitness
Testimony 15
Eyewitness Testimony - The Effect of Anxiety on the Accuracy of Eyewitness Testimony 17
The Cognitive Interview and Increasing the Accuracy of Eyewitness Testimony 19
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