Memory ao3 - Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

This includes condensed notes for the memory topic. Includes both clear AO1 points and a range of AO3 (evaluation) points

Multi-store model of memory strengths - Answer Pioneering, distinguished separate entities Research support from HM and KF to support distinct entities Research support from Baddeley encoding Multi-store model of memory weaknesses - Answer Computer model, reductionist Oversimplifies the STM, cannot explain dual tasking Fallible evidence, artificial and brain damage Capacity of the STM research strengths - Answer Lab study Standardised, easy to replicate Different ag...

4.3.1 AQA Psychology Issues and Debates Questions and Answers Idiographic definition - Answer-focus on the individual and emphasise the unique personal experience of human nature Doesn't seek to formulate laws or generalise results to others Nomothetic definition - Answer-concerned with establishing general laws based on the study of large groups of people What research methods do idiographic approaches prefer and why? - Answer-case studies, unstructured interviews Provide an in-depth ...

Multi Store Model: Atkinson and Shiffrin - Answer Proposed that memory consisted of three stores in a linear way: sensory register: stimulus from environment pass into the SR and has a infinite capacity, duration is less than half a second and coded acoustically or visually, STM and LTM --Sensory register (Attention) --STM (maintenance rehearsal to stay in STM) (rehearsal to transfer to LTM) --LTM (retrieval to go back to STM) +AO3: MSM research evidence - Answer Supported by r...

4.3.1 AQA Psychology Issues and Debates Questions and Answers Idiographic definition - Answer-focus on the individual and emphasise the unique personal experience of human nature Doesn't seek to formulate laws or generalise results to others Nomothetic definition - Answer-concerned with establishing general laws based on the study of large groups of people What research methods do idiographic approaches prefer and why? - Answer-case studies, unstructured interviews Provide an in-depth ...

Coding, Capacity and Duration of Memory - Answer AO1 Researching into Coding: Baddeley Research into capacity: Miller and Jacobs Research into Duration: Peterson and Peterson + Bahrick AO3 @Coding- words lists have no personal significance- artificial stimulus @Capacity- Miller may have overestimated capacity (7+-2 where 7-2 more appropriate) @Capacity- Jacobs conducted long time ago- lack of control to extraneous variables- however there is supporting research so increased validity ...

Detailed Revision Notes of the Memory topic of AQA A-Level Psychology produced by me using both the textbook and class notes. Has both the AO1 and AO3 needed to gain top marks. Includes: CODING, CAPACITY & DURATION OF MEMORY, MULTI-STORE MODEL OF MEMORY, TYPES OF LONGTERM MEMORY, WORKING MEMORY MODEL, EXPLANATIONS FOR FORGETTING: INTERFERENCE, EXPLANATIONS FOR FORGETTING: RETRIEVAL FAILURE, EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY: MISLEADING INFORMATION, EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY: ANXIETY, COGNITIVE INTERVIEW Revisio...

Detailed Revision Notes of the Memory topic of AQA A-Level Psychology produced by me using both the textbook and class notes. Has both the AO1 and AO3 needed to gain top marks. Includes: TYPES AND EXPLANATIONS OF CONFORMITY, CONFORMITY: ASCH’S RESEARCH, CONFORMITY: ZIMBARDO’S RESEARCH, OBEDIENCE: MILGRAM’S RESEARCH, OBEDIENCE: SITUATIONAL VARIABLES, OBEDIENCE: SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS, OBEDIENCE: DISPOSITIONAL EXPLANATIONS, RESISTANCE TO SOCIAL INFLUENCE, MINORITY INFLUENCE, SOCIAL IN...

4.3.1 AQA Psychology Issues and Debates Questions and Answers Idiographic definition - Answer-focus on the individual and emphasise the unique personal experience of human nature Doesn't seek to formulate laws or generalise results to others Nomothetic definition - Answer-concerned with establishing general laws based on the study of large groups of people What research methods do idiographic approaches prefer and why? - Answer-case studies, unstructured interviews Provide an in-depth ...