Short-term Memory

Question 1

how did EBBINGHAUS measure his findings?

Answer 1

1. Index of Retention:
   TRIALS TO LEARN - TRIALS TO RE LEARN
   expressed as %:
   ANSWER / TRIALS TO LEARN
2. Forgetting Curve:
   shows decline in memory

Question 2

what was the CVC Trigram Study?

Answer 2

Ebbinghaus’ introspective study of memory:
he read a list of CVC trigrams to the sound of metronome and attempted to recall them after a delay.
then measured amount of time taken to re-learn list of trigrams after a period of time

Question 3

what was EBBINGHAUS’ study called?

Answer 3

the CVC Trigram Study, 1885

Question 4

who is EBBINGHAUS?

Answer 4

the first person to carry out introspective study of memory in 1885

Question 5

echoic sensory storing

Answer 5

stores and detects auditory stimuli

Question 6

haptic sensory storing:

Answer 6

stores and detects stimuli relating to touch

Question 7

iconic sensory storing

Answer 7

stores and detects visual stimuli

Question 8

modality specific sensory storing:

Answer 8

each sensory store dealing with one sense when detecting stimuli

1. iconic
2. echoic
3. haptic

Question 9

sensory memory

Answer 9

stimuli in environment detected and encoded, then transferred to short-term memory.
life of memory: few seconds

Question 10

3 main aspects of memory

Answer 10

1. encoding
2. storage
3. retrieval

Question 11

iconic sensory storing

Answer 11

detects visual stimuli