Glossary

• Coding, Capacity, Duration


  Short-Term Memory (STM) - info held about present/immediate past.
• Coding, Capacity, Duration


  Long-Term Memory (LTM) - info held about distant past.
• Coding, Capacity, Duration


  Coding - format info stored in.
• Coding, Capacity, Duration


  Capacity - amount info held in memory store.
• Coding, Capacity, Duration


  Duration - length time info held in memory.
• The Multi-Store Model of Memory


  Multi-Store Model - how memory works in terms of 3 stores, describes how info transferred.
• The Multi-Store Model of Memory


  Sensory Register - memory store for 5 senses.
• Types of LTM


  Declarative Memory - knowledge of events/facts/concepts.
• Types of LTM


  Non-Declarative Memory - skills.
• Types of LTM


  Episodic Memory - LTM store for memory of personal events.
• Types of LTM


  Semantic Memory - LTM store for memory of knowledge.
• Types of LTM


  Procedural Memory - LTM sore for memory of actions.
• Types of LTM


  Retrograde Amnesia - unable access memories of past.
• Types of LTM


  Anterograde Amnesia - unable store/retain new info.
• The Working Memory Model (WMM)


  Working Memory Model (WMM) - representation of STM.
• The Working Memory Model (WMM)


  Central Executive - co-ordinates activities of subsystems.
• The Working Memory Model (WMM)


  Phonological Loop - process info in term of sound (written/spoken).
• The Working Memory Model (WMM)

  Phonological Store - holds words heard.
• The Working Memory Model (WMM)


  Articulatory Process - silent word loop.
• The Working Memory Model (WMM)


  Visuospatial Sketchpad - processes visual/spatial info.
• The Working Memory Model (WMM)


  Visual Cache - stores info.
• The Working Memory Model (WMM)

  Inner Scribe - stores arrangement of objects.
• The Working Memory Model (WMM)


  Episodic Buffer - brings together material from other subsystems into single memory; bridge between WMM + LTM.
• Explanation of Forgetting - Interference 


  Interference - forgetting one memory blocks another, causing it to be distorted/forgotten.
• Explanation of Forgetting - Interference 


  Proactive Interference - old memory interferes w/ new one.
• Explanation of Forgetting - Interference 


  Retroactive Interference - new memory interferes w/ old one.
• Explanation of Forgetting - Retrieval Failure 


  Retrieval Failure - form of forgetting, lack necessary cues.
• Explanation of Forgetting - Retrieval Failure


  Retrieval Failure - form of forgetting, lack necessary cues.
• Explanation of Forgetting - Retrieval Failure


  Cue - triggers info allowing access to memory.
• Explanation of Forgetting - Retrieval Failure


  Encoding Specificity Principle - helpful cue must be present at encoding + present at retrieval.
• Explanation of Forgetting - Retrieval Failure

  Context-Dependent Forgetting - recall dependent on external cues.
• Explanation of Forgetting - Retrieval Failure


  State-Dependent Cues - recall dependent on internal cues.
• Factors Affecting Accuracy of EWT - Misleading Info


  Misleading Info - incorrect info given to EW.
• Factors Affecting Accuracy of EWT - Misleading Info


  Leading Question - attempts to guide participant answer in particular way.
• Factors Affecting Accuracy of EWT - Misleading Info


  Response-Bias Factor - influences answer.
• Factors Affecting Accuracy of EWT - Misleading Info


  Substitution Explanation - verb changes perception.
• Factors Affecting Accuracy of EWT - Misleading Info


  Post-Event Discussion - witnesses discuss details of crime.
• Factors Affecting Accuracy of EWT - Anxiety


  Anxiety - emotional/physical state of arousal.
• Improving Accuracy of EWT - Cognitive Interview 


  Cognitive Interview - method of interviewing EW to help retrieve more accurate memories.
• Improving Accuracy of EWT - Cognitive Interview 


  Reinstate Context - encourages to recreate physical/psychological environment.