cognitive psychology

• the multi store model of memory - Atkinson and Shiffrin, 1968

  what do control processes involved in memory do?

  Control processes are compared to computer software, as they determine the operations a computer can perform. Control processes involve the way we encode, rehearse and retrieve memories. Control processes: conscious decisions about what sensory info to attend to
• the multistore model of memory - Atkinson and Shiffrin, 1968

  what is a whole or partial report technique and give an example of when it has been used.

  whole or partial report technique: p’s are asked to recall the whole array or part of it. (eg. a line)

  the visual sensory register was researched using a whole or partial report technique. (Sperling, 1960, 1963)

  -letters are presented via tachistoscope

  -p’s recall whole/ specific row of the array

  -p’s recalled on avg. 4.32 letters of whole array