Long Term Memory

Question 1

What is the study associated with long term memory duration

Answer 1

Bahrick et al (1975)

Question 2

How many people were in the sample for Bahrick et al’s study and between which ages ?

Answer 2

400 people between 17 to 74

Question 3

How many photos did the photo recognition test consist of?

Answer 3

50 from the participant’s high school year book

Question 4

Describe the task given to participants

Answer 4

Bahrick asks participants to list the names that they could remember from their graduating class , this is known as free recall.

Question 5

What were the findings?

Answer 5

Facial recognition
Within 15years of graduation —>Recall was 90% accurate at identifying faces
After 48 years this drops —> 70% photo recognition

Free Recall
After 15 years —> 60% accurate
Dropping after 48 years —> 30%

Question 6

What year did harry Bahrick conduct his study?

Answer 6

1975

Question 7

Regarding free recall what happened after 48 years?

Answer 7

Dropped from 60% to 30%

Question 8

What was the free recall accuracy for participants after 15 years?

Answer 8

60%

Question 9

Regarding facial recognition ho was facial identification after 15 years of graduation?

Answer 9

90%

Question 10

Regarding facial recognition how was facial identification after 48 years of graduation?

Answer 10

Regarding facial recognition ho was facial identification after 15 years of graduation?