PSYC 2500H Study Guide - Final Guide: Eyewitness Memory, Recognition Memory, Convergent Thinking

• School: Trent University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2500H
• Professor: Geoffrey Navara

Document Summary

Studies of eyewitness memory typically have children experience or watch an event, and later answer questions about the events that they witnessed. The capacity of which of the following is referred to as the span of apprehension: the short-term store b the sensory register, the long-term store d the attentional register. What is meant by the term metamemory: knowledge of memory and how to remember effectively, the ability to use a variety of memory strategies, the ability to think abstractly, overcoming utilization deficiencies on memory tasks. Recognition memory and recall memory are equivalent: recall is superior for strategic memory, but recognition is superior for event memory. b, recognition memory typically exceeds recall memory. d. Recall memory typically exceeds recognition memory hich statistical procedure is used to identify the separate abilities assessed by a test: partial correlation, linear regression, trend analysis, factor analysis.