Coding Flashcards

1
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Define coding

A

Format in which memory is stored

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2
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Coding experiment

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Baddeley 1966

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3
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What did Baddeley do in his experiment

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Gave different lists of words to four groups to remember

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4
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What were the four different types of word groups

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Acoustically similar
Acoustically dissimilar
Semantically similar
Semantically dissimilar

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5
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Baddeleys results for immediate response

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Acoustically similar group were worse with recall

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6
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Baddeleys results after 20 minutes

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Semantically similar group was worse with recall

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7
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What does baddeleys results suggest

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Information is coded semantically in the LTM

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8
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Limitation of experiment

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Artificial stimuli- the words had no personal meaning

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