Duration

Question 1

What is duration

Answer 1

Refers to the length of time information may be held in each memory store

Question 2

research into capacity

Answer 2

PETERSON
24 pps 8 trials
-pps given consonant trigram to remember
-asked to count backward form random 3 digit number
-stopped counting and asked to recall in intervals of 3, 6, 9, 12, 15 ,18 seconds

after 3 seocnds 80% accurate

Question 3

research into capacity

Answer 3

BAHRICK
392 pps from uni aged 17-74
used pps highschool yearbooks
recall tested by facial recongtion and free recall
recalls after 15 yers : 90% photos, 60% free recall
recall after 48 years : 70% photos, 30% free recall