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AQA A Level Psychology Memory Questions and Answers 100% Pass Study of capacity of STM Miller (Immediate Digit Span Test) Jacobs Support Study of duration of STM Peterson and Peterson (Trigrams) 24 students given a consonant syllable and a three digit number ie. THX 512. They were asked to recall the consonant syllable after a retention interval of 3, 6 , 9, 12 or 15 seconds. During this interval they had to count backwards from their three digit number. Participants were 90% correct after 3 se...

AQA A-Level June 2022 Psychology Paper 1 Introductory Topics In Psychology Mark Scheme 0 6 State one advantage of an independent groups design. [1 mark] Marks for this question: AO3 = 1 Possible advantages:  removes order effects/effects of practise/fatigue etc  participants are less likely to work out the aim and change their behaviour/less influenced by demand characteristics. Accept other valid advantages. 0 7 Suggest a more appropriate measure of central tendency for this da...

Psychology memory notes that gained me an A* at A Level. I created this using textbooks, mark schemes, class notes and my own further research to provide a comprehensive set of notes. This is formatted according to the AQA psychology specification, where each point is covered, but regardless of the exam board, it provides a detailed set of notes including AO1, AO2 and AO3 points!

notes on all of the AO1 and AO3 content in the memory topic (AQA psychology)

AQA A level Psychology: Memory key studies Latest 2023 Graded A+ Baddeley (1966) CODING IN STM & LTM Acoustically similar/dissimilar words Semantically similar/dissimilar words Immediate recall worse for acoustically similar STM is acoustic Recall after 20 mins worse with semantically similar words LTM is semantic Jacobs (1887) CAPACITY OF STM Digit span: researcher reads 4 digits and increases until the order cannot be recalled correctly 9.3 numbers 7.3 letters Miller (1956) CAPACITY OF STM...

A clear outline of the roles of coding, capacity and duration as criteria in defining long-term and short-term memory stores, with the full research evaluation required for AQA psychology exams, including relevant studies and assessment of the validity, applicability and reliability of those studies.

What is the multi-store model of memory? - An explanation of memory based on three separate memory stores. - Describes how information is transferred between these stores - Also details what makes memories last, and some dissappear. What are the three stores involved in the MSM? - Sensory register - Short-term memory - Long-term memory What is the sensory register comprised of? - The iconic (visual information). - The echoic (acoustic information). What is the durati...

Chapter 8: Memory Multiple-Choice Questions 8.1-1. Which of the following is NOT a cognitive process involved in memory? a. Perceiving b. Encoding c. Storage d. Retrieval e. Recalling Difficulty: 1 Question ID: 8.1-1 Page Ref: 216 Topic: Overview of Memory Skill: Factual Answer: a. Perceiving 8.1-2. The process by which sensory information is converted into a form that can be useful to the brain's memory system is called a. sensation. b. encoding. c. information processing. d. transduction....

20 Pages worth of A* Memory material. It covers every single aspect of the specification and I accumulated this material through multiple textbooks, youtube videos and meetings I had in school. The evaluation paragraphs are condensed essay material. The arrow bulletpoints are for positive evaluation paragraph and the dots/star bulletpoints are negative evaluation paragraph Stars are case-studies

Here are some evaluation (A03) notes on coding, capacity, and duration of memory - includes 4 points from the textbook, and these points evaluate the studies used.