| Description | Key Term |
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| A method of memory improvement, where items to remember are assigned 'places' on a familiar route | |
| Devised by Geiselman; a method that improves EWT by changing the way witnesses are asked questions | |
| Improving memory by restructuring and grouping items into smaller groups, thus reducing the amount to be remembered. Devised by Miller | |
| Method to test STM capacity: participants have to repeat back strings of digits in order, which gradually get longer | |
| A model of memory comprised of separate sensory, short and long term memory stores. Devised by Atkinson and Schiffrin | |
| Limited capacity 'task-master' in control of two slave systems in the Working Memory Model | |
| Temporary memory store, where information can be kept briefly | |
| Where a participant is asked to carry out two tasks at the same time | |
| a non word that nonetheless appears real, e.g. entrafild. Used in memory tests to test semantic encoding | |
| Three consonants that do not form a pronounceable unit, e.g. CFD | |
| Phrasing a question in such a way to prompt a particular answer | |
| Permanent memory store, said to be unlimited and everlasting | |
| Sensory memory store for things we hear | |
| The term for evidence given in court or police investigations | |
| Where participants are asked to recall items in any order | |
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