Encoding

Question 0

Name three types of encoding.

Answer 0

Visual, acoustic and semantic

Question 1

What is encoding?

Answer 1

HOW information is stored in the brain

Question 2

How is information encoded in short-term memory?

Answer 2

Visual / acoustic

Question 3

How is information encoded in long-term memory?

Answer 3

Semantically

Question 4

What did Baddeley want to investigate?

Answer 4

How encoding differs between STM and LTM

Question 5

What did Baddeley test?

Answer 5

The effect of acoustic and semantic similarity of words on short and long term recall

Question 6

What 4 groups did Baddeley use?

Answer 6

1. Acoustically similar
2. Acoustically dissimilar
3. Semantically similar
4. Semantically dissimilar

Question 7

How many words did Baddeley’s participants have to recall?

Answer 7

12 sets of 5 words

Question 8

How did Baddeley’s participants have to recall the words?

Answer 8

In the correct order

Question 9

What did Baddeley find for STM?

Answer 9

Poorer recall for acoustically similar words

Question 10

What did Baddeley find for LTM?

Answer 10

Poorer recall for semantically similar words

Question 11

How does Brandimote et al. (1992) challenge Baddeley?

Answer 11

Found STM used visual encoding - if given a visual task and prevented any verbal rehearsal

Question 12

How does Wickens et al. (1976) challenge Baddeley?

Answer 12

Found STM used semantic encoding

Question 13

How does Frost (1972) challenge Baddeley?

Answer 13

Found LTM used used visual and semantic encoding

Question 14

How does Nelson and Rothbart (1972) challenge Baddeley?

Answer 14

Found LTM used acoustic encoding