Cognitive Psychology

Question 0

What was Sperling’s theory for Sensory memory?

Answer 0

Sperling 1960

• he presented ppts with grids containing letters for a very brief period of time.
• when asked to recall what they had seen ppts could only recall one or two letters however when he presented them with a tone, people could not remember 3 or 4 items per row

Question 1

What is sensory memory?

Answer 1

A form of awareness.
Very limited in capacity and awareness
It has capacity but we aren’t aware of it .