Memory Checklist

• 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.