STM & LTM

Question 1

STM Capacity, duration and Encoding

Answer 1

Capacity: Jacobs, 7.3 numbers, 9.3 letters, Miller 7+-2
Duration: Peterson & Peterson 18-30 seconds
Encoding: Baddley acoustic

Question 2

LTM Capacity, duration and encoding

Answer 2

Capacity: Unlimited
Duration: Lifelong
Encoding: Baddeley Semantic

Question 3

A03: Size of chunk matters

Answer 3

Cowan = STM is limited to four chunks.

Suggests STM capacity is not as extensive as we thought

Question 4

A03: Individual differences

Answer 4

Jacobs = recall increased steadily with age, 8-19 year olds.

Question 5

A03: Testing STM was artificial

Answer 5

Memorizing constant syllables is not accurate to real life and may negatively effect recall as it doesn’t mean anything.

Question 6

A03: LTM/STM may not exclusively by acoustic/semantic

Answer 6

Studies have shown that each store can use both codes

Question 7

A03: Did Baddeley actually test LTM

Answer 7

Tested his participants with a 20 min interval. Is this actually LTM