Memory Flashcards
Capacity of STM
Seven +/- two (Miller)
Capacity of LTM
Unlimited
Duration of STM
20 Seconds
Coding of STM
Acoustic
Coding of LTM
Semantic
Parts of LTM
Implicit, Explicit
Explicit memory
Episodic, Semantic
Implicit memory
Procedural
Procedural memory (LTM)
Actions and skills
Episodic memory (LTM)
Recalling events
Semantic memory (LTM)
Knowledge, Meanings of words
Bahrick et al. 1975
Yearbook study
Photo recognition
Participants were asked to recall names from photos
Name recognition
Participants were asked to match names to people
Free recall
Simply list the names
Three tests used in Bahrick’s study
Free recall, Name recognition, Photo recognition
3 second interval
80% correct
6 second interval
50% correct
Baddeley’s four conditions (1966)
Acoustically similar
Acoustically dissimilar
Semantically similar
Semantically dissimilar
Components of the working memory model
Central executive
Phonological loop
Visuo-spatial sketchpad
Episodic buffer
Articulatory process
Keeps information in the PL through repetition
Primary acoustic store
Stores words recently heard
Multi memory store model
Sensory register
Short term
Long term
Sub-systems of phonological loop
Articulatory process
Primary acoustic store
Components of the visuo-spatial sketchpad
Visual cache
Inner scribe
Inner scribe
Handles spatial relationships
Visual cache
Stores visual information in the form of colour
