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Memory
infoWhy this? Memory models and research into encoding, storage, retrieval, and forgetting help us explain both the capabilities and fallibility of human memory. Applying this understanding to eyewitness testimony demonstrates the practical importance of evaluating the accuracy of recollection.
scheduleWhy now? The cognitive approach and research methods provide foundations for understanding memory models as testable accounts of mental processes and evaluating the evidence supporting them. Following clinical psychology, this unit extends our use of cognitive explanations from mental health to everyday remembering and forgetting.
neurologyYou need to know
- The processes of memory
- Different types of memory: episodic, semantic, and procedural memory
- The multi-store model of memory: sensory, short term, and long term
- Murdock's serial position curve study
- The Theory of Reconstructive Memory
- Bartlett's War of the Ghosts study and its implications
- Factors affecting the accuracy of memory: interference, context, and false memories
rocket_launchYou must be able to
- Demonstrate knowledge of memory processes, types of memory, and key theories.
- Apply memory concepts to real-life concepts, demonstrating how processes of memory work in practice
- Analyse and evaluate research studies, discussing their significance and the implications of factors affecting memory accuracy
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