Studies
Study conducted by Landry and Bartling, 2011.
Using articulatory suppression. The aim
To see the influence that articulatory suppression had on recalling phonologically dissimilar letters.
They conducted what is known as the "Office" study
Who is Brewer and Treyens?
Exposing the same participants for more than one condition
What is repeated measures design?
Memories about events
What is episodic memory?
The part of the brain involved in the processing of emotions associated with fear
What is the amygdala?
Brenda Milner, Patient HM in 1966.
Method triangulation was used. Name 3 methods
Direct observation, interviews, Psychometric testing, cognitive testing and MRIs
Flashbulb memory study from 1977. The aim was to research the determinants of the pehonomenon of flashbulb memories
Who is Brown and Kulik?
What is method triangulation?
Receives and processes visual information
What is the visuo-spatial sketchpad?
A vivid memory about an emotionally significant event
What is a flashbulb memory?
Loftus and Palmer. Eyewitness testimony in a car crash.
The aim
The aim was to investigate whether the use of leading questions would affect the estimation of speed
The researchers that carried out tests on Patient KF
Who is Warrington and Shallice?
Using different participants for each condition of the experiment
What is independent measures design?
The three stages of the WMM
What is encoding, storage and retrieval?
SIECCO stands for
What is Survey, Interview, Experiment, Case study, Correlational study and Observational study?
What were the findings of the tests done on patient KF?
He quickly forgot when information was presented orally, however his memory for visual information was largely unaffected. This supported Baddeley's theory of there being separate components of STM.
According to this guy, a flashbulb memory may simply just be a well-rehearsed story
Who is Neisser?
A design where neither the participants nor the researchers are aware of which groups each participant belongs to
What is a double blind design?
Factual information about the world
What is semantic memory?
PICWADD stands for
What is Protection, Informed consent, confidentiality, Withdrawal, Anonymity, Debriefing and Deception?
Wasons "Matching Bias" study, 1968.
The aim
To investigate peoples reasoning when faces with logical problems involving conditional statements.
Study from 1986. The aim was to determine whether leading questions would affect memory of eyewitnesses at a real crime scene.
Who is Yuille and Cutshall?
A type of study where you analyze the data from only a single point in time
What is a cross-sectional study?
Integrating information from multiple sources into one coherent memory
What is the episodic buffer?
Psychology in greek
What is psychología?
ψυχολογία?