L1 - STM

Question 1

Define memory

Answer 1

The process of acquisition, storage (encoding) and retrieval of information

Question 2

What type of store is STM?

Answer 2

a unitary store

Question 3

is the STM separate from the LTM?

Answer 3

yes

Question 4

How do you prevent decay in the STM?

Answer 4

by maintaining rehearsal

Question 5

what are the 3 features of the STM?

Answer 5

capacity

duration

encoding type

Question 6

What does research suggest about capacity?

Answer 6

7+ / 2-

can store between 5-9 pieces of info

Question 7

What does research suggest about duration?

Answer 7

18 - 30 seconds

Question 8

What does research suggest about encoding?

Answer 8

acoustic

Question 9

Explain the study of capacity

Answer 9

Participants presented with string of digits

Asked to recall them

Longest length recalled is their digit span

5-9

However, Miller found ppl can remember more if the used chunking

Question 10

Explain the study of duration

Answer 10

The Peterson- brown technique

Given trigram

Asked to recall after various durations

During the retention interval participants must found backwards to prevent rehearsal

Longer retention interval, less likely to remember

Question 11

Explain the study of encoding

Answer 11

Presented with 2 lists of letters or words

One list similar sounding (cap, can, cat)

Other different sounding (man, cat, beg)

For immediate recall, similar harder