Memory Capacity

Question 1

Baddeley gave a list of words to different groups of people to recall. Results:

Answer 1

Recalling immediately after hearing words = ppts did worse with similar words.
After 20 min = did worse on semantically similar words

Question 2

Span of memory: Miller suggested capacity of STM is…

Answer 2

7+/-2 items

Question 3

What did Miller argue for with chunking? (capacity)

Answer 3

Our capacity for remembering info can be increased if we chunk items together.

Question 4

• Evaluations:
  a) Coding
  b) Digital span
  c) Chunks

Answer 4

a) artificial stimuli rather than meaningful material, generalisation
b) Lacking validity, very old research
c) Miller may have overestimated the capacity of STM