Models of memory

Which one of the following statements is not a feature of the multi-store model of memory?

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The multi-store model of memory has been criticised.

Briefly evaluate the multi-store model of memory.

What is meant by ‘retrieval’ as a process of memory?

Read the following conversation.

Outline one type of long-term memory.

Identify an example of this type of long-term memory from the conversation between Aleksy and Taaliah. Justify your answer.

Describe and evaluate Murdock’s serial position curve study.

Table 1 includes some of the main features of the multi-store model of memory.

Three main features are missing from the table.

Complete all three missing parts of Table 1.

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Explain what is meant by the ‘primacy effect’ in recall.

Read the following information.

Write two fifths as a decimal.

There were 200 participants in the study.

Calculate how many participants did not describe details of the wedding.

Show your workings.

The researcher claimed that his report on the study also contained qualitative data.

Use the description of the study to justify the researcher’s claim.

Ivan was a participant in the study. The researcher asked Ivan about a primary school camping trip to Snowdonia. Ivan remembered that Snowdonia is in Wales. He also recalled celebrating his best friend’s birthday during the trip and learning to paddle a canoe. As an adult, he still enjoys paddling a canoe on a nearby lake.

Episodic, procedural and semantic are different types of long-term memory.

Identify one example of each type from Ivan’s discussion about his school trip.

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Which of the following describes semantic memory?

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What is meant by ‘encoding’ as a process of memory?

Evaluate the multi-store model of memory.

Read the following article.

Use the article to identify two examples of procedural memory, two examples of semantic memory and two examples of episodic memory.

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Psychologists sometimes study unique individuals like TJ using a case study.

Briefly evaluate the use of case studies in psychological research.

Murdock investigated the effects of serial position on recall.

Describe and evaluate this study.

What is meant by ‘storage’ as a process of memory?

Read the following information.

Outline the process of encoding. Refer to Libby and Yasir’s conversation in your answer.

Describe and evaluate the multi-store model of memory.

Which is the best example of information that would be stored as procedural memory?

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Which of the following statements about short-term memory (STM) is true?

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Evaluate the multi-store model of memory.

Ben can list all of the planets in our solar system. What type of memory does Ben use to recall his list of planets? Shade one box.

Which two of the following statements about the multi-store model of memory are correct? Shade two boxes.

Outline two features of long term memory.

Describe Murdock’s serial position curve study. Evaluate the research method used in this study.

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