Coding

Question 1

Short Term Memory

Answer 1

we sometimes try to keep information active by repeating it to ourselves

Question 2

Short Term Memory coding

Answer 2

acoustic

Question 3

Long Term Memory

Answer 3

it’s more useful to code words in terms of their meaning, rather than what they sound or look like

Question 4

Long Term Memory coding

Answer 4

semantic but can also be visual or acoustic

Question 5

Visual

Answer 5

picture

Question 6

Acoustic

Answer 6

sound

Question 7

Semantic

Answer 7

meaning

Question 8

Baddeley study

Answer 8

investigating coding in short term memory and long term memory

Question 9

Method

Answer 9

Participants were given four sets of words that were either acoustically similar, acoustically dissimilar, semantically similar or semantically dissimilar

Question 10

Method - independent groups

Answer 10

The experiment used an independent groups design - participants were asked to recall the words either immediately or following a 20 minute task

Question 11

Results: Short Term Memory

Answer 11

Participants had problems recalling acoustically similar words when recalling the word list immediately from short term memory.

Question 12

Results: Long Term Memory

Answer 12

If recalling after an interval from Long Term Memory, they had problems with semantically similar words

Question 13

Conclusions

Answer 13

The patterns of conclusion between similar words suggesting that Long Term Memory is more likely to rely on semantic coding and Short Term Memory on acoustic coding

Question 14

Evaluation: Ecological Validity

Answer 14

The study lacked ecological validity

Question 15

Evaluation: other types of LTM

Answer 15

Episodic Memory

Procedural Memory

Question 16

Method

Answer 16

participants were given four sets of words that were either acoustically similar, acoustically dissimilar, semantically similar or semantically dissimilar

Question 17

acoustically similar

Answer 17

man
mad
mat

Question 18

acoustically dissimilar

Answer 18

pit
cow
bar

Question 19

semantically similar

Answer 19

big
large
huge

Question 20

semantically dissimilar

Answer 20

good
hot
pig

Question 21

Method: design

Answer 21

the experiment used an independent groups design

Question 22

Method: recall

Answer 22

participants were asked to recall the words either immediately or following a 20 minute task

Question 23

Results: Short Term Memory

Answer 23

participants had problems recalling acoustically similar words when recalling the word list immediately

Question 24

Results: Long Term Memory

Answer 24

if recalling them after an interval, they had problems with semantically similar words

Question 25

Conclusion

Answer 25

Long Term Memory is more likely to rely on semantic coding and Short Term Memory on acoustic coding

Question 26

Evaluation: Ecological Validity

Answer 26

the study lacks ecological validity

Question 27

Evaluation: types of LTM

Answer 27

there are other types of Long Term Memory

• Episodic
• Procedural

Question 28

Evaluation: types of coding

Answer 28

there are other types of coding

- Visual

Question 29

Evaluation: Independent Groups Design

Answer 29

the experiment uses an independent groups design, so there wasn’t any control over participant variables