Features Of Senory, Short Term, And Long Term Memory

Question 1

What is coding

Answer 1

How we process info - changing it to a suitable form to be stored

Question 2

What is capacity

Answer 2

The amount of info that can be held in memory

Question 3

What is duration

Answer 3

How long info lasts in memory

Question 4

Coding in the sensory register

Answer 4

Modality specific - based on sense being used

Question 5

Coding in stm

Answer 5

Acoustically - sound based

Question 6

Coding in LTM

Answer 6

Semantic - meaning based

Question 7

Capacity of sensory register why?

Answer 7

Unlimited so we can take vast amounts of information at the same time

Question 8

Capacity of stm

Answer 8

5-9 items

Question 9

Capacity of LTM

Answer 9

Unlimited

Question 10

Duration of sensory register

Answer 10

Less that 0.5 seconds

Question 11

Duration of stm

Answer 11

18-30 seconds

Question 12

Duration of LTM

Answer 12

A lifetime

Question 13

Research on coding of stm

Answer 13

Baddeley

Question 14

Research on coding of LTM

Answer 14

Baddeley

Question 15

Research on capacity of stm

Answer 15

Miller

Question 16

Research on duration of stm

Answer 16

Peterson and Peterson

Question 17

Research on duration of LTM

Answer 17

Bahrick