Capacity of both STM and LTM Flashcards
1
Q
What is capacity?
A
then amount of information that can be held in a memory store
2
Q
How much info can LTM hold?
A
unlimited
3
Q
How much info can STM hold?
A
5-9 digits
4
Q
Who conducted the study into digit span?
A
Joseph Jacobs
5
Q
What was the procedure?
A
he was measuring digit span
the researcher reads out four digits and the participant recalls these out loud in the correct order. If this is correct the researcher five digits and so on until the the participant cannot recall the order correctly.
this indicates individuals digit span
6
Q
What were the findings from Jacobs’ study?
A
the mean span for digits across all participants was 9-3 items and for letters 7-3
7
Q
What did George Miller do research into?
A
chunking
8
Q
How did he find these out?
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