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Memory
Unit 1 of AS psychology
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Psychology
11th Grade
10/31/2011
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Term
Types of memory
 Definition
  • Sensory Memory
  • Short term memory
  • Long term memory
Term
Short term memory
 Definition
  • Duration - 15-30 seconds
  • Capacity - 7 +/- 2
  • Encoding - acoustic
  • Studies
    • Peterson and Peterson (1959)
    • Jacobs (1887)
    • Baddely (1966)
Term
Long term memory
 Definition
  • Duration - 2 years to life
  • Capacity - unlimited
  • Encoding - semantic
  • Studies
    • Bahrick et al (1975)
    • Baddely (1966)
Term
Multi-store model
 Definition
  • Atkinson and Shiffrin (1968)
  • Memory has 3 stores
    • Sensory
    • STM
    • LTM

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Term
Multi-store model studies
 Definition
  • Sperling (1960)
  • Scoville and Milner (1957) - case study of HM
  • Glanzer and Cunitz (1966)
  • Shallice and Warrington (1970)  - case study of KF
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