| Description | Key Term |
|---|
| Associating a word to be remembered with another word by linking them together, or 'hanging' it on the key word | |
| Improving memory by restructuring and grouping items into smaller groups, thus reducing the amount to be remembered. Devised by Miller | |
| A method of memory improvement, where items to remember are assigned 'places' on a familiar route | |
| Where a participant is asked to carry out two tasks at the same time | |
| Limited capacity slave system in the Working Memory Model responsible for holding verbal information | |
| Where participants are asked to recall items in order of presentation | |
| Sensory memory store for things we hear | |
| How much information can be held in memory | |
| A very limited capacity store that filters out non-important information: a sort of filter for the Short Term Memory | |
| The term for evidence given in court or police investigations | |
| A model of memory comprised of separate sensory, short and long term memory stores. Devised by Atkinson and Schiffrin | |
| How information is represented in memory | |
| Permanent memory store, said to be unlimited and everlasting | |
| Method to test STM capacity: participants have to repeat back strings of digits in order, which gradually get longer | |
| Prior knowledge and information we have that can often affect EWT | |
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