memory studies Flashcards
1
Q
What is Sperlings’ investigation about?
A
The sensory register
2
Q
What type of experiment did Sperling do?
A
Lab experiment
3
Q
What was Sperling’s’ method?
A
his participants were shown a whole grid with 3 rows of four letters for 50 milliseconds. Then they had to immediately recall either the whole gird or a randomly chosen row indicated by a tone.
4
Q
What was Peterson and Peterson’s’ investigation about?
A
The duration of short term memory
5
Q
What were Sperling’s results?
A
On average participants recalled 4 or five letters. When a particular row was indicated, participants could recall an average of three items, no matter which row had been selected.
