Duration Of LTM

Question 1

Bahrick (1975) investigate the duration of long-term memory using 392 American university graduates. The graduates were shown photographs from their high-school yearbook and for each photograph participants were given a group of names and asked to select the name that matched the photographs.

What were the findings?

Answer 1

90% of participants: Able to correctly match the names and faces (14 Years after grad)

60% of participants: Able to correctly match the names and faces (47 Years after grad)

Question 2

What did Bahrick (1975) conclude after the study?

Answer 2

Certain types of information can be remembered for a lifetime

Question 3

What did the study support?

Answer 3

That the LTM has an unlimited capacity

Question 4

How is the LTM encoded within memory?

Answer 4

Systematically