This course focuses on the topic of Memory. There are many studies related to mnemonic understanding. Among them are Vrij, Mann & Bull as well as Held & Hein. We look at those within. This course is particularly useful in relation to A-Level Cognitive Psychology: issues, debates and studies
How are police trained in questioning suspects? Like a good poker player, there are certain 'tells' that can be read. If there are long pauses, for example, or a decrease in blinking, this may be a hint to a fiction being created.
The interview study undertaken by Vrij, Mann & Bull points to a number of behavioural oddities when people lie under questioning. However, no study is perfect and this study is not without its own problems. Find out more with this MindMap
Events rarely take place exactly as we remember them. Over time, the distance between truth and memory widens. This MindMap draws from Loftus, E F and Pickrell, J E (1995), The Formation of False Memories. Psychiatric Annals. 25. December 1995 pp. 720–725
This study, conducted by the team at the University of Washington, looked at childhood memories and how those memories were related in the presence of a reliable witness, such as a family member.
This study is taken from Held, R and Hein, A (1963), Movement-Produced Stimulation in the Development of Visually Guided Behavior. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology. 56(5). pp. 872–876
The oldest debate in both psychology, psychiatry and medicine. How much of our behavior is guided by genetic inheritance and how much is guided by environmental factors. The truth lies somewhere in between.
This Mind Map provides a birds-eye perspective on many of the issues we must factor in our study of memory. The working memory model, the multi store model and eye witness testimony are some of the variables considered here.
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