Coding

Question 1

Tulving used…. for brain scan evidence

Answer 1

Radioactive gold injected into 6 volunteers

Question 2

3 out of 6 what?

Answer 2

Of the participants in his brain scan study produced inconclusive results as they showed differences in cortial blood flow were inconsistent when thinking episodicly and semanticly

Question 3

What is a problem for Tulving?

Answer 3

The 3 that’s data was inconclusive suggests that the results cannot be deemed entirely conclusive

Question 4

What’s a sample issue with Tulvings brain scan evidence?

Answer 4

There’s only 9 participants 2 of which were his wife and himself. So it not only too small to be sensible to generalise but there’s a researcher bias and demand characteristic

Question 5

Baddely is a key researcher for coding. What did he do

Answer 5

. 75 particpants, 1 of 4 words lists
. Acoustically/semantically simlar or dissimilar. They were simple, widely known words like cat and huge.
. There was then a 20 minute interference task to ensure they could not reherse.

Question 6

Baddeley’s coding study conclusions

Answer 6

STM is likely coded on an acoustic basis because words that were acoustically similar were often confused.
The same was true for LTM and semantic confusion.

Question 7

Baddeley’s conclusions make sense given that

Answer 7

For example when you read a book, you remember the semantics and not every single word that made it up