Memory exam questions
Exam-style Memory questions with worked solutions, step-by-step methods and common student mistakes. Practice for Psychology and other qualifications.
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Outline the capacity and duration of short-term memory.
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Capacity of about 7 ± 2 items; duration of roughly 18–30 seconds without rehearsal.
(Total for Question 1 is 2 marks)
Name the three stores in the multi-store model of memory.
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Sensory register, short-term memory and long-term memory.
(Total for Question 2 is 1 mark)
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