AQAA Level Psychology Memory - WMM

AQA A Level Psychology Memory

What is memory? Research on coding Baddeley (1966a, 1966b) with evaluation, Research on capacity Joseph Jacobs (1887) digit-span technique, Miller (1956) with evaluation Research on duration STM Peterson and Peterson (1959), LTM Bahrick et al (1975) with evaluations. Multi-store model (1968, 1971) Atkinson and Shiffrin with evaluation, case study of HM Shallice and Warrington (1970) and case study of KF More than one type of rehearsal Craik and Watkins (1973) Types of Long-term Memory: episodic memory, semantic memory and procedural memory.   Tulving (1972) episodic research, defintions of semantic and procedural Evaluation: Clinical evidence Clive Wearing Evaluation: Neuroimaging evidence Tulving et al (1994) Useful applications Belleville et al (2006) Evaluation : Limitations, Three types of LTM or two? Cohen and Squire (1980) The Working Memory Model BADDELEY & HITCH (1974) explanation and case study support Dual task performance Baddeley & Hitch (1976) Evaluations: Lack of clarity over the central executive, Support for phonological loop Baddeley et al (1975) Clinical evidence Braver et al. (1997) Explanations for forgetting: Interference theory and Retrieval failure theory. Interference theory: proactive and retroactive. Effects of Similarity: (McGeoch & McDonald, 1931) Real-life application: Burke and Skrull (1988) Evaluation: Evidence from lab studies PEEL paragraph Evaluation: Artificial materials PEEL paragraph Evaluation: Real-life studies PEEL paragraph Accessibility or availability? Endel Tulving and Psotka (1971) Retrieval failure theory: tip of the tongue phenomenon Encoding specificity principle (ESP) Tulving (1983) Context dependent remembering and forgetting – External cues Godden & Baddeley (1975), Aggleton and Waskett (1999 Questioning context effects: Baddeley (1997), Godden and Baddeley (1980) State dependent remembering and forgetting Carter & Cassaday (1998): Evaluations: Michael Eysenck 2010, problems with the ESP Scenarios given throughout, revision web link, study tips and potential exam questions for this topic at the end.