| Description | Key Term |
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| A model of memory comprised of separate sensory, short and long term memory stores. Devised by Atkinson and Schiffrin | |
| Limited capacity slave system in the Working Memory Model responsible for holding visual and spatial information | |
| A method of memory improvement, where items to remember are assigned 'places' on a familiar route | |
| Associating a word to be remembered with another word by linking them together, or 'hanging' it on the key word | |
| Prior knowledge and information we have that can often affect EWT | |
| A phenomenon proposed by Loftus: says that people focus on a weapon, and the resulting anxiety makes it harder for them to focus on the holder | |
| Where participants are asked to recall items in any order | |
| Where participants are asked to recall items in order of presentation | |
| A very limited capacity store that filters out non-important information: a sort of filter for the Short Term Memory | |
| Sensory memory store for things we hear | |
| a non word that nonetheless appears real, e.g. entrafild. Used in memory tests to test semantic encoding | |
| The term for evidence given in court or police investigations | |
| Phrasing a question in such a way to prompt a particular answer | |
| Limited capacity slave system in the Working Memory Model responsible for holding verbal information | |
| Three consonants that do not form a pronounceable unit, e.g. CFD | |
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