memory

Question 1

coding capacity and duration of memory

coding

Answer 1

• the format in which information is stored in various memory stores

Question 2

coding capacity and duration

capacity

Answer 2

• amount of information that can be held in a memory store.

Question 3

coding capacity and duration

duration

Answer 3

• length of time information can be held in memory.

Question 4

coding capacity and duration

short term memory(STM)

Answer 4

• stores information that we are currently aware of which is a limited capacity memory store
• 7+/-2
• 5-9 items for 18-30 seconds
• tend to recall/coding is acoustic sounding words

Question 5

coding capacity&duration

long term memory(LTM)

Answer 5

• permenant memory store
• coding mainly semantic(meaning)
• unlimited capacity and can store memories for up to a lifetime