coding

Question 1

what is memory?

Answer 1

-process by which we retain information about events which happened in the past

Question 2

what is STM?

Answer 2

-immediate events, disappear unless rehearsed, present immediate past

Question 3

what is LTM?

Answer 3

-events from the past(2mins to 100 years )

Question 4

what is coding?

Answer 4

-putting information into storage (auditory/ visual)

Question 5

what is capacity?

Answer 5

-how much information can be stored

Question 6

what is duration?

Answer 6

-how long information can be stored

Question 7

what was baddeleys study on coding?
-1966a and 1966b

Answer 7

-gave different lists of words to 4 groups of particpants for them to remember
-group 1 had acoustically similar(words which sound similar)
-grp2 acoustically dismilar (words which sound diff)
-grp 3 semnatically similar(words with similar meanings)
-grp4 semantically different (words with diff meanings)

Question 8

what were the findings of baddeleys coding study?

Answer 8

-in the first study 1966a, when recalling from STM- they did worse with acoustically similar words
-in 2nd study 1966b, recalling from LTM after 20 min interval, they did worse with semantically similar words
- so STM is acoustic
-LTM is semantic

Question 9

strenghts of research on coding?

Answer 9

-clear difference between memory stored identified
-it has stood that STM is mostly acoustic
-LTM is mostly semantic
-important findings in the invention of multi store model

Question 10

limitations of research on coding?

Answer 10

-artificial sitmuli
-doesnt tell us much on different kinds of memory tasks esp everyday life
-when processing meaningful info people may use more semantic even in STM
-so limited application given