Peterson and Peterson Flashcards
1
Q
What did P&P aim to investigate ?
A
The duration of STM
2
Q
What sample of people did P&P use?
A
24 psychology students
3
Q
What was the procedure of P&P study?
A
They had the student recall meaningless 3 letter trigrams at different intervals and had them perform an interference task in order to prevent rehearsal
4
Q
What were the findings of petersons and petersons study ?
A
at 3 seconds 80% remembered correctly and 18 seconds 10% remembered correctly
