Multi-store Model of Memory
Working Memory Model
Types of LTM
Explaining Forgetting
Eyewitness Testimonies
100

The capacity of the STM is ___ which is proved by Miller's Magic Number. 

What is 5-9 items?

100

This is the last component of the WMM. It is a temporary store for information, integrating the visual, spatial and verbal information processes and sequencing them together.

What is the episodic buffer?

100

These are the three types of LTM.

What is episodic, procedural and semantic?

100

Aaron was at the hospital where a triage nurse had asked him for his phone number. He just got a new number and was struggling to remember it because he could only remember his old number. This is an example of ___.

What is proactive interference?

100

"Did you see the broken glass?" is an example of what common mistake in interviewing eyewitnesses?

What is a leading question?

200

These two psychologists are credited with creating the MSMM.

Who are Atkinson and Shiffrin?

200

When we have an overload of information being processed, this component redirects information to different slave systems that specialize in those processes.

What is the central executive?

200

Kaden was in a car crash 8 years ago but remembers it like it was yesterday because of how traumatized he was from it. This specific memory would be found in the ___. 

What is episodic LTM?

200

This type of theory suggests we forget due to information in LTM getting confused or disrupted by other information during coding 

What is interference theory?

200
This effect argues that in stressful situations, we tend to zero in on one specific aspect of a situation and can't remember much else.

What is the weapon focus effect?

300

This type of sensory register focuses on your sense of touch.

What is haptics?

300

Your phonological loop processes your auditory information as well as ___.

What is the sequence of information?

300

While driving you're able to stay within the lines, check for signs and lights and watch out for pedestrians with relatively little difficulty because of ___.

What is procedural LTM?

300

Reed was struggling to remember how to balance chemical equations because he was taking his exam in the Sports Hall rather than his chemistry classroom. This is an example of ___.

What is context-dependent failure?

300

This type of cognitive interview is focused more on helping children recall information. It begins with the interviewer creating a relationship with them.

What is modified cognitive interview?
400

Information from your STM enters your LTM through this process.

What is maintenance rehearsal?

400

Logie (1995) sub-divided the visuo-spatial sketchpad into these two sections: one to store visual data and one to record the arrangement of objects in the visual field.

What is the visual cache and inner scribe?

400

Rory loves to quote random facts about koalas to whoever passes him by. This is an example of ___.

What is sematic memory?

400

Miss Bagaybagayan had to cover a Y7 class that she hasn't seen in a month. The students are happy to see her but she can't remember any of their names. They're quite disappointed that she's forgotten. This is an example of ___.

What is trace decay?

400

“Imagine you’re back in the alleyway. Did you feel something was off? Why?” is an example question illustrating this specific key principle in the Cognitive Interview.

What is internal context reinstatement?

500

The capacity of the LTM is ___ and can be recalled through a process known as ___.

What is unlimited; what is retrieval?

500

This researcher proved that the visuospatial sketchpad and phonological loop are actually two separate systems not dependent on each other when test subjects were successful in doing both a visual and auditory task.

Who is Baddeley et al. (1975)?

500

This cognitive psychologist realized the MSMM's idea of the LTM was too simplistic in explaining how it actually works.

Who is Endel Tulving?

500

In this example of retroactive interference, this researcher tested forgetting by having students try to remember their street names from childhood. This was heavily impacted by how many times they've moved homes.

Who is Schmidt et al. (2000)?

500

The cognitive interview (CI) is a method developed by a team led by this famous researcher?

Who is Geiselman et al. (1992)?