Cognitive Psychology Flashcards
According to the multi-store model, what are the three stages of memory?
Encoding, Storage, Retrieval
Who proposed the MSM?
Atkinson and Shriffin
What is the duration of the SM?
Milliseconds
What is the duration of the STM?
15-20 seconds
What is the duration of the LTM?
Lifetime
What is the capacity of the SM, STM and LTM?
Unknown
7 +/- 2 items
Limitless
What is encoding?
Changing incoming information so that it cane stored
How is information encoded in the STm and LTM?
Acoustically and Semantically
Who proposed the MSM?
Atkinson and Shiffrin
Research into the capacity of the STM
Miller 7+/- 2
Duration of STM Research
Peterson and Peterson Consonant trigrams no rehearsal 3secs 80%recall 18secs 10% recall
Encoding in STM
Conrad
Acoustically
Duration of LTM
Barrack et al ( yearbook)
400 HS grads
Recall decreased after 47yrs
Encoding in LTM
Baddeley
Semantically
MSM Supporting Research
Clive Wearing case study