Evaluation Of Research On Duration Flashcards
1
Q
Meningless stimuli in stm study
A
Limitation of peterson and peterson
Study not completely irrelevent as we remeber meaning less material (like phone numbers)
Recally consanant syllables does not reflect real life.
Lacks external validity.
2
Q
Does not hse artificail stimuli
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Strength of Bahrick
Meaningful memories studied
Studies on ltm that used meaningless examples found recall rates were lower e.g. shepard
High external validity
Applicanle to resl life
3
Q
Does not controll confounding variables (Bahrick)
A
Real life research
People may have looked st year book photos and rehearsed their memory over the years
