Memory: The Multi Store Model Of Memory - Coding Capacity And Duration - JWW Flashcards
What is the keyterm?
How we process information so it can be stored
Coding
What is the keyterm?
The amount of information that can be held in memory?
Capacity
What is the keyterm?
This is how long the information lasts in memory
Duration
Name the 3 memory stores
Sensory Register
STM
LTM
Name the 3 memory stores
Sensory Register
STM
LTM
Coding of the sensory register?
Modality specific
Coding of STM?
Acoustic
Coding of LTM?
Semantic
Capacity of Sensory Register
Unlimited
Capacity of STM?
7 +/- 2
5-9 items
Capacity of LTM?
Unlimited
Duration of Sensory Register?
Less than 0.5 seconds
Duration of STM?
18-30 seconds
Duration of LTM?
Potentially a lifetime
Define Coding
How we process information
Define Capacity
The amount of information held in memory
Define Duration
How long information lasts in memory
Modality specific is seen in the?
Coding of Sensory Register
Acoustic is the?
Coding of STM
Semantic is the?
Coding of LTM
Unlimited is the?
Capacity of LTM & Sensory Register
7 +/- 2
is the?
5-9 items
Capacity of STM
Less than 0.5 seconds is the?
Duration of the Sensory Register
18-30 seconds is the?
Duration of STM
Potentially forever is the?
Duration of LTM
Who studied the Coding of STM & LTM?
Baddeley
What is the task Baddeley created to test coding in STM?
Acoustically similar word lists
Findings of Baddeley’s study into coding of STM?
Ppt had better recall of acoustically dissimilar words
What was the task Baddeley created to test coding of LTM?
Semantically similar/dissimilar word lists
Findings of Baddeley’s study into coding of LTM?
Ppt had better recall of semantically dissimilar words