Frequently Asked Questions
Below is a list of frequently asked questions regarding the material in the "Memory and the Law" course. Clicking on one of the links below will open a new window with the response to the answer. Alternatively, you may find it useful to open the complete list as a separate webpage, or download the PDF version.
- What is Ebbinghaus’ concept of association?
- Why did Ebbinghaus work with nonsense syllables?
- How does the term “rationalism” relate to memory research?
- What is the connection between rationalism and linguistics?
- What is the definition of structuralism?
- What are the basic elements of Baddeley's Working-Memory Model?
- What are the differences between encoding processes and retrieval processes?
- What are the basic elements of working memory capacity from Engle's article?
- What are the basic elements encoding specificity?
- What is the definition of a single process theory?
- What is the original levels-of-processing hypothesis?
- What is the generation effect?
- How is priming used, in the Schacter article?
- What is the Loftus type misinformation effect?
- What is interference theory?
- What is response competition?
- What is source monitoring?
- What is a judgment of competence?
- What are basic level categories?
- What is typicality?
- What did Haber and Haber learn about eyewitness identifications?
- What are some of the differences between constructivism and schema theory?
- What are some of the similarities between constructivism and schema theory?
- What are some of the influences on suppressing false memories?
- How is clustering related to category learning, according to Bradley Love?
- What is SUSTAIN?
- What were the results of Storbeck & Clore's DRM experiments?
- What are some specific instructions for eyewitness identification?
- What did Kassin and Kiechel's experiment show?
- How did the experiments in the Seamon et al. article build on the work of DRM?
- What is a major finding which has been obtained in DRM studies with children?
- What are deep-processing instructions?
- What are metaphorical statements, and how have they been used in memory research?
- What are surface cues, and how are they used in memory research?
- How do source cues affect memory tests?
- What is memory work?