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Memory
How memories are encoded, stored and retrieved, and why we forget
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Memory is a key topic in the AQA GCSE Psychologyspecification. This topic covers how memories are encoded, stored and retrieved, and why we forget.
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Encoding in memoryStorage in memoryRetrieval from memoryThe multi-store model of memorySensory register: duration and capacityShort-term memory: duration and capacityLong-term memory: duration and capacityCoding in STM (acoustic)Coding in LTM (semantic)Strengths of multi-store modelWeaknesses of multi-store modelEpisodic memory definitionCharacteristics of episodic memorySemantic memory definitionCharacteristics of semantic memoryDifferences between episodic and semanticMurdock's serial position curve studyPrimacy effectRecency effectEvidence for STM and LTMRetroactive interferenceProactive interferenceEffects of similarity on interferenceFactors affecting eyewitness testimonyBartlett's War of the Ghosts studyReconstructive memoryRole of schemas in memoryEffect of leading questions
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