Cognitive Psychology Flashcards
What was the aim of Sebastian and hernandez-gil
To investigate the development of the phonological loop as a component of the working memory model
What was the procedure of the hernandez and gil
570 volunteers
Schoolchildren from private and public schools 5-17
The dependent variables was the mean digit span
They were given a sequence of random digits and gradually increased by one in length each time
Participants listened to each sequence and then were asked to repeat them in order
How the sequence increase
The task began with three sequences of 3 digits and then three sequences of four digits and so on
What were the findings Sebastian and hernandez
The older you are the higher your digit span would be as the 5year old had a mean digit span of 3.76 and 17 year old had a digit span of 5.91
What was the mean digit 5 Yr old
3.76
What was the mean digit 7 Yr old
5.91
What was the results for the different language speakers Sebastian
The average digit span was lower foe Spanish children compared to English children
What was the conclusion S/H
Digit span increase as age goes up
English has fewer syllables in than Spanish speakers therefore it would be harder to remember
What is a weakness of Sebastian
Low mundane realism
Recalling random numbers is not a task we do in every day life
As remember a phone number is not a random number
Therefore the findings digit span task do not apply to real life scenarios
What is the strength of Sebastian
High internal validity
High level of control
Participants given the exact same random numbers
Standardised procedures
Experiment can be replicable as they were able to carry out the same procedure as the Anglo saxons
What is the semantic nature
Based on facts
What is the episodic nature
Based on feeling
What is the time referencing of semantic
Doesn’t have be recalled in chronological order
What is the time referencing of episodic
Memories are recalled in chronological order
What is the spatial referencing for semantic
Fragmented - information learnt different times and all put together
What is the spatial referencing for episodic
Continuous over a time frame
What is the retrieval and forgetting of semantic
Retrieval is doesnt require context of learning context and semantic memory is less likely to be changed as its a fact
What is the forgetting and retrieval for episodic memory
Recall is dependant on context in which the even was learned
For a example going back to your old school and getting old memories back
Memories are easily changed
Babbeley aim
To investigate if the ltm encodes semantically or acoustically
How many ppl were in the baddeley study
72 Cambridge volunteer men and women
What was the independent variable of baddeley
Acoustically similar or acoustically dissimilar
Semantically similar or Semantically dissimilar
Dependent variable of baddeley
How many words you can recall in the correct order
Acoustically similar:
Acoustically dissimilar:
Man can
Pit few
Semantically similar
Semantically dissimilar
Great large
Good huge