Baddeley Research Into Coding Flashcards
How many different groups of words did Baddeley give the participants
Four
What was The characteristics of group 1
They were acoustically similar
What was The characteristics of group 2
They were acoustically dissimilar
What was The characteristics of group 3
They were semantically similar
What was The characteristics of group 4
They were semantically dissimilar
When recalling from short term memory what did the participants do worse in.
Acoustically similar words meaning they got mixed up.
STM is coded acoustically
When recalling long term what did the participants struggle with
Semantically similar words as the LTM is coded semantically
What is a strength of Baddeleys study?
Clear difference between memory stores
What was a limitation of Baddeleys study
Lacked external validity as it used artificial stimuli