Features Of Each Store

Question 1

What does is capacity?

Answer 1

The amount of info a store can hold at any one time

Question 2

What is coding?

Answer 2

The way info is changed so that it can be stored in memory (the format in which it is stored)

Question 3

What is duration?

Answer 3

Length of time info can be held in memory

Question 4

What capacity, duration and coding does the sensory register have?

Answer 4

Unlimited, Limited, Unprocessed form

Question 5

What are the 2 main parts of the sensory register?

Answer 5

The iconic store. The echoic store

Question 6

What is it called when you don’t pay attention to info and it fades?

Answer 6

Trace delay

Question 7

What is the key study for capacity and duration in the sensory register?

Answer 7

SPERLING (1960)

Question 8

What is the aim of SPERLING (1960)

Question 9

What is the capacity, duration and coding of STM?

Answer 9

7+/- 2 items, 18-30 seconds, acoustic

Question 10

What test can be used to test short term memory

Answer 10

Digit span test