Research On Capacity Flashcards
1
Q
Who developed a technique to measure digit span?
A
Joseph Jacobs
2
Q
An example of Joseph’s research
A
Gives a 4 digit to the participant then asks them to recall these in the correct order out loud.
3
Q
What’s happens if the participant reads back the numbers correct?
A
The researcher will then find out 5 digits and so on until until the participant cannot recall the order correctly
4
Q
What’s does Joseph’s research determine?
A
The individuals digit span
5
Q
What did Joseph find
A
The mean span for digits across all participants was 9.3 items. So the mean span for letters was 7.3
6
Q
What’s the digit span?
A
How much information the stm can hold at any one time
