2.1: Short-term memory (STM)

Question 1

Explain how information is coded within short-term memory (3 marks)

Answer 1

Information arrives in short-term memory (STM) in its original, raw form

Question 2

Explain how information is coded within short-term memory (3 marks).
Information arrives in short-term memory (STM) in its original, raw form and is then what?

Answer 2

Information arrives in short-term memory (STM) in its original, raw form and is then encoded (entered into STM) in a form more easily dealt with

Question 3

Explain how information is coded within short-term memory (3 marks).
Information arrives in short-term memory (STM) in its original, raw form and is then encoded (entered into STM) in a form more easily dealt with.
How is information in STM generally encoded?

Answer 3

Information in STM is generally encoded acoustically (by sound)

Question 4

Explain how information is coded within short-term memory (3 marks).
Information arrives in short-term memory (STM) in its original, raw form and is then encoded (entered into STM) in a form more easily dealt with.
Information in STM is generally encoded acoustically (by sound), but what?

Answer 4

Information in STM is generally encoded acoustically (by sound), but other codes exist too

Question 5

Explain how information is coded within short-term memory (3 marks).
Information arrives in short-term memory (STM) in its original, raw form and is then encoded (entered into STM) in a form more easily dealt with.
Information in STM is generally encoded acoustically (by sound), but other codes exist too, such as what?

Answer 5

Information in STM is generally encoded acoustically (by sound), but other codes exist too, such as semantic (through meaning) and visual (through pictorial means)

Question 6

Explain how information is coded within short-term memory (3 marks).
Information arrives in short-term memory (STM) in its original, raw form and is then encoded (entered into STM) in a form more easily dealt with.
Information in STM is generally encoded acoustically (by sound), but other codes exist too, such as semantic (through meaning) and visual (through pictorial means).
Example

Answer 6

For example, a chocolate cake could be stored in STM acoustically, by saying the words ‘chocolate cake’ repeatedly; visually, by thinking of the image of a chocolate cake; or semantically, by the knowledge of the chocolate cake being a dessert that you love to eat