Memory- L1-2 Priv Study

Question 1

Sensory register
Duration

Answer 1

High internal validity= researching used tone to reduce time between seeing the letters and recall
Low ecological validity= learning unconnected letters is not an everyday task

Question 2

Short term memory
Duration

Answer 2

High internal validity =researcher used counting task to reduce chance of rehearsal before recall
Low ecological validity = learning nonsense syllables is not an everyday task

Question 3

Short term memory
capacity

Answer 3

High internal validity =adding digest to trials reduces likelihood of digit span measured by chance
Low ecological validity =learning unconnected numbers is not an every day task

Question 4

Short term memory
Coding

Answer 4

High internal validity =control groups
Low ecological validity =learning a list of unconnected words is not an every day task

Question 5

Long term memory
Duration

Answer 5

Low internal validity =participants remembering different faces and names
High ecological =remembering faces and names could be a real life task