Research on coding of STM and LTM (Baddeley)

Question 1

Who investigated coding of STM and LTM?

Answer 1

Baddeley

Question 2

What 4 groups of words were used in the research?

Answer 2

• Accoustically similar
• Accoustically disimilar
• Semantically similar
• Semantically disimilar

Question 3

What were the 2 results of his research?

Answer 3

• When recalled immediately, acoustically similar words were recalled worse
• When recalled after 20 minutes, semantically similar words were recalled worse

Question 4

What are the 2 conclusions made from this research?

Answer 4

• STM codes acoustically
• LTM codes semantically

Question 5

What are the 3 strengths of this research?

Answer 5

• Identified clear differences between STM and LTM
• Findings have stood the test of time
• Was an important step in the development of the multi store model

Question 6

What are the 3 limitations of this research?

Answer 6

• Artificial stimuli
• The findings don’t tell us about memory tasks in real life
• May have limited application