Encoding Baddeley 1996a And 1996b

Question 1

What are the 2 main ways of encoding

Answer 1

Acoustic
Semantic

Question 2

What is acoustic encoding

Answer 2

Involves coding info in terms of the way it sounds

Question 3

What is semantic encoding

Answer 3

Involves coding info in terms of its meaning

Question 4

Study of coding baddeley method

Answer 4

The participants were presented with four list of words
The words were acoustically similar or dissimilar
The words were semantically similar or dissimilar
The words were presented one at a time
Participants within ask to record the correct order of the words immediately (stm)and after 20 minutes (ltm)
The participants had to say the words in the correct order

Question 5

Study of coding baddeley results

Answer 5

Baddeley found that when participants were asked initially participant struggled to record the correct order of similar words (acoustic confusion)
After 20 minutes parties struggled with the somatically similar words

Question 6

Study of coding baddeley conclusion

Answer 6

This shows that short-term memory prefers coding acoustically
Long-term memory prefers to code semantically