Memory AO1 Flashcards
coding in sensory stores
encoded in the format it is received
coding in STM
Baddeley (1966) found coding in STM is acoustic
coding in LTM
Baddeley (1966) found coding in LTM is semantic
capacity of sensory stores
very large
capacity of STM
7+-2. Jacob’s (1887) digit spam:
-9.3 digits
-7.3 letters
capacity of LTM
unlimited
duration of sensory stores
less than 1 second
duration of STM
18 seconds. Peterson and Peterson (1959) suggest duration is less than 18 seconds.
duration of LTM
Potentially unlimited. Bahrick et al (1975) :
-photo recognition
-free recall
store for touch
haptic store
store for sight
iconic store
store for hearing
echoic store
multi-store model of memory
(Atkinson and Shiffrin 1968)
diagram of working memory model
(Baddeley and Hitch 1974)
components of phonological loop
-articulatory control system (repeating)
-phonological store (hearing)