STM 3

Question 1

What is working memeory according to hitch and baddeley?

Answer 1

a limited-capacity system for the temporary storagge and manipulation of information for complex tasks such as comperhension, learning, and reasoning

Question 2

what is memory span defined as?

Answer 2

as the list length that the participant correctly recalls 50% of the time

Question 3

what is the phonological similarity effect?

evidence of what?

Answer 3

memory is better dissimilar sounding words than similar sounding words

Evidence that info is stored based on how it sounds

Question 4

What is the phonological word length effect?

evidence of what?

Answer 4

memory is better for short words than long words

could be due to rehearsal taking longer in the mind

evidence for articulatory rehearsal process

Question 5

What is the phonological articulatory suppression effect?

Answer 5

articulatory suppression

say “ the the the the” until you begin recall, this prevents rehearsal of the words to remember

it does this by reducing memory span, reduce word- length effect
reduce phonological similarity effect but only when reading words not when hearing them
evidence of phonological store and articulatory rehearsal process

Question 6

what does the phonological articulatory suppression reduce?

Answer 6

memory span

word length effect

phonological similarity effect (only with reading them not hearing them)