A complete and detailed revision summary for the Memory topic including AO1 and AO3 points for all parts of the specification. Created for use with AQA A-Level Psychology Specification
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Coding
Iconic, Echoic...
Depending on acoustic semantic
stimuli
Capacity
Huge
Millions of 5-9 items unlimited
receptors
Duration
<0.5s 18-30s unlimited
Evaluation of MSM
Strengths Limitations
🢒 Supported by Studies 🢒 There is more than 1 type of STM
- Glanzer & Cunitz - Shown by case study of KF (couldn’t
(Serial Position Curve Primacy process when read to but could
effect - result of rehearsal when reading alone)
Recency effect result of duration - Baddeley & Hitch developed the
STM) WMM
- Sperling 🢒 Different types of rehearsal
(Grid of digits, recalling random row - Craik & Watkins elaborative vs
after 50ms suggests brain takes all maintenance rehearsal
info in - capacity + duration of SR) 🢒 Different types of LTM
- Baddeley, Peterson & Peterson, Bahrick, - Endel Tulving 1985 suggested MSM’s
Miller view of LTM is too simple
🢒 Brain Damage Studies show that the stores
are unitary - HM case study (LTM damaged but
could learn new skills)
Types of LTM Endel Tulving 1985 suggested MSM’s view of LTM is too simple
Episodic Events in our lives, when & where - time stamped, consciously recalled
Semantic Understanding of the world - not time stamped, consciously recalled
Procedural How to do things - not time stamped, not consciously recalled
Supported by HM and clive wearing, episodic damaged but semantic intact = separate stores
Supported by neuroimaging - episodic = right P.C, semantic = left P.C
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