Psych - Capacity, Duration & Coding Flashcards
1
Q
Capacity of STM?
A
7 +/- 2 ( 5-9)
2
Q
Capacity for LTM?
A
Potentially Unlimited
3
Q
Duration of STM?
A
Up to 18 seconds
4
Q
Duration of LTM?
A
Potentially a life time
5
Q
Is acoustic coding LTM or STM?
A
STM
6
Q
Is semantic coding STM or LTM
A
LTM
7
Q
Criticisms of Capacity of STM
A
Oversimplification of “Magic Number” because STM capacity can vary depending on the type of memory that is being processed.
Size of chunks matter.
Individuals have different STM recall ability
8
Q
Criticisms of STM Duration.
A
Artificial, testing something meaningless may not truly test STM Duration Capability as it doesn’t reflect everyday life.
Petersons’ test was displacement and not decay??
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