5: Long term memory

Question 1

What did Ebbinghaus (1885) study?

Answer 1

Studied rehearsal.

    Memorisation of nonsense words, long list of stimuli
Stimuli rehearsed different number of times
Rehearsals on day 1 not enough to recall on day 2
However more time spent on day 1 means less time required to learn again on day 2
- Savings/retention effect

Question 2

Bahrick et al 1993

Answer 2

Spaced learning

Question 3

What did Craik and Tulving (1975) examine?

Answer 3

Does it matter how you engage in stimuli? Levels of processing.