coding, capacity and duration ao3

Question 1

Strength of baddlyes study

Answer 1

Provided evidence for diff in Coding bet stm and Ltm
Dev understanding of memory system and helped dev multi store mem model

Question 2

Weakness of baddeleys study

Answer 2

Word list was artificial stimuli w no meaning to ppts so baddeleys findings don’t tell us a lot an diff kinds of mem tasks esp in everyday life
not used in do to day to day so limited real life application

Question 3

Strength of Jacob study

Answer 3

High validity - can be and has been repeated where even more controlled methods were used and findings mirror original ones

Question 4

Weakness of Peterson and Peterson

Answer 4

Stim was artificial
Constant syllables don’t reflect everyday mem so has low external validity

Question 5

Strength of bahrick

Answer 5

High external validity
Reaseaxhers investigated meaningful memories ( ppls faces and names) - didn’t use artificial stim
When studies on LTM done w meaningless pics - recall rates were lower so bahricks is more realistic reflection on LTM duration

Question 6

Weakness of bahrick

Answer 6

Only utilised American students
All from one culture and subject to sim expriences so study may not be generalisable to other cultures that undergo alternative schooling experiences whereby a class year book may not be a norm or not be regarded as meaningful