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Memory
infoWhy this? Exploring how memories are encoded, stored, retrieved, and reconstructed explains both our capacity to learn and the fallibility of recall. Models and research on memory help us evaluate ways to support learning and understand why recollections of the same event can differ.
scheduleWhy now? Following Research Methods, memory studies provide concrete opportunities to identify variables, compare procedures, and judge the quality of evidence. Reconstructive memory also introduces the influence of prior experience, which we revisit when considering expectation and interpretation in Perception.
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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