Cognitive Approach - SAQ review

Name a study that can be used to explain the Multi-Store Model of Memory (MSM) and state the findings of the study.

Answer explanation

Milner (HM) - without his hippocampus, HM could still hold information in his short-term store, but he could not make new long-term memories (meaning he could not transfer the information from his STM to his LTM)

Name a study that can be used to explain the Working Memory Model (WMM) and state the findings of the study.

Answer explanation

Landry & Bartling - scores from the group that had to chant numbers while they recalled the letters were much lower than the scores from the group that did not chant (the control group)

Name a study that can be used to explain schema theory, and state the findings of the study.

Answer explanation

Bartlett - participants changed the story when they tried to remember it (distortion)

Name a study that can be used to explain reconstructive memory, and state the findings of the study.

Answer explanation

Bartlett - participants changed the story when they tried to remember it (distortion)

Name a study that can be used to explain a cognitive bias, and state the findings of the study.

Answer explanation

Englich & Mussweiler - average recommended sentence was lower when when participants were presented with a low anchor (2 months) than when they were presented with a higher anchor condition (34 months)

Name a study that can be used to explain a model of thinking, and state the findings of the study.

Answer explanation

Englich & Mussweiler - average recommended sentence was lower when when participants were presented with a low anchor (2 months) than when they were presented with a higher anchor condition (34 months)

Name a study that can be used to explain the influence of emotion on cognition, and state the findings of the study.

Answer explanation

Sharot - amygdala activation was higher for the participants who were downtown when they recalled memories of the terrorist attack than when they recalled events from the preceding summer, but participants who were further away from the event had equal levels of response in the amygdala when recalling both events