Memory

Question 1

Coding

Answer 1

The format in which information is stored in various memory stores

Question 2

Capacity

Answer 2

The amount of information that can be held in a memory store

Question 3

Duration

Answer 3

The length of time information can be held in memory

Question 4

Research on Coding

Answer 4

Baddeley’s Cat/Mat Study (1966)

Question 5

STM Coding

Answer 5

Coded acoustically
-Baddely’s Cat/Mat Study (1966)

Question 6

STM Capacity

Answer 6

5-9 items
-Jacobs Serial Digit Span (1887)

Question 7

STM Duration

Answer 7

18-30 seconds
-Peterson & Peterson’s (1959)

Question 8

Sensory Register Coding

Answer 8

Sense specific
-simply from information

Question 9

Sensory Register Capacity

Answer 9

Very Large
-Sperling (1960)

Question 10

Sensory Register Duration

Answer 10

250 milliseconds
-Sperling (1960)

Question 11

LTM Coding

Answer 11

Semantically
-Baddeley’s Cat/Mat study (1966)

Question 12

LTM Capacity

Answer 12

Unlimited

Question 13

LTM Duration

Answer 13

Lifetime
-as long as we have cues to help access them
-Bahrick’s High School Yearbook Experiment (1975)

Question 14

Memory

Answer 14

The ability to both preserve and recover information we have learned or experienced

Question 15

Advantage of MSM (RS)

Answer 15

Research Support
-research shows STM and LTM use different coding and have different capacities
CP - studies do not use everyday materials, low validity
First cognitive explanation - went on to progress and gave a greater understanding.
Considerable evidence - shows they’re different.
Supported by amnesia cases.

Question 16

Studies of amnesia

Answer 16

-Shallice and Warrington’s (1970) K.F.
-Clive Wearing

Question 17

Disadvantage of MSM

Answer 17

More than one type of STM - KF couldn’t recall digits when read aloud but could when read to himself.
Most studies don’t represent real life situations
More than one type of LTM
Focuses of structure not processes.