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Unit 1 - LAA1- Characteristics of three memory stores Flashcards

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1
Q

What is the key term?
How we process information so it can be stored

A

Coding

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What is the key term?
The amount of information that can be held in memory?

A

Capacity

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3
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What is the key term?
This is how long the information lasts in memory

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Duration

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4
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Name the 3 memory stores

A

Sensory Register

STM

LTM

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5
Q

Name the 3 memory stores

A

Sensory Register

STM

LTM

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6
Q

Coding of the sensory register?

A

Modality specific

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7
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Coding of STM?

A

Acoustic

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8
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Coding of LTM?

A

Semantic

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9
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Capacity of Sensory Register

A

Unlimited

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10
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Capacity of STM?

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7 +/- 2

5-9 items

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11
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Capacity of LTM?

A

Unlimited

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12
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Duration of Sensory Register?

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Less than 0.5 seconds

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13
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Duration of STM?

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18-30 seconds

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14
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Duration of LTM?

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Potentially forever

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15
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Define Coding

A

How we process information

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16
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Define Capacity

A

The amount of information held in memory

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17
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Define Duration

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How long information lasts in memory

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18
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Modality specific is seen in the?

A

Coding of Sensory Register

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19
Q

Acoustic is the?

A

Coding of STM

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20
Q

Semantic is the?

A

Coding of LTM

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21
Q

Unlimited is the?

A

Capacity of LTM & Sensory Register

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22
Q

7 +/- 2
is the?
5-9 items

A

Capacity of STM

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23
Q

Less than 0.5 seconds is the?

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Duration of the Sensory Register

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24
Q

18-30 seconds is the?

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Duration of STM

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25
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Potentially forever is the?

A

Duration of LTM

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26
Q

Who studied the Coding of STM & LTM?

A

Baddeley

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27
Q

What is the task Baddeley created to test coding in STM?

A

Acoustically similar word lists

28
Q

Findings of Baddeley’s study into coding of STM?

A

Ppt had better recall of acoustically dissimilar words

29
Q

What was the task Baddeley created to test coding of LTM?

A

Semantically similar/dissimilar word lists

30
Q

Findings of Baddeley’s study into coding of LTM?

A

Ppt had better recall of semantically dissimilar words

31
Q

Who studied capacity of STM?

A

Miller

32
Q

Task Miller created to test capacity of STM?

A

Digit Span Task

33
Q

Findings of Miller’s study into capacity of STM?

A

Ppt recalled between 5-9 digits

34
Q

Who investigated Duration of STM?

A

Peterson & Peterson

35
Q

Task created by Peterson & Peterson to test duration of STM?

A

Consonant Trigram

36
Q

Who tested duration of the LTM?

A

Bahrick

37
Q

Task Bahrick had ppt complete to test duration of LTM?

A

Recalling classmates from yearbook photos

38
Q

Baddeley investigated?

A

Coding in the STM & LTM

39
Q

Miller investigated?

A

Capacity of STM

40
Q

Peterson & Peterson Investigated?

A

Duration of STM

41
Q

Bahrick investigated?

A

Duration of LTM

42
Q

Name 1 methodological issue of the studies into the coding capacity & duration of memory.

A

Lacks mundane realism (task)

43
Q

Name 2 strengths of the methodology of the studies into coding capacity & duration of memory.

A

High control over EVs

High in Reliability

44
Q

If a study lacks mundane realism, is this a criticism of the environment or task?

A

Task

45
Q

Name 2 evaluation points used for Bahrick’s study into duration of LTM

A

High in mundane realism

Low control over EVs

46
Q

Who created the Multi-store model of Memory?

A

Atkinson & Shiffrin

47
Q

Atkinson & Shiffrin created the MSM or WMM?

A

MSM

48
Q

What kind of model is the MSM meaning organised?

A

Structural

49
Q

What are the stores of memory according to the MSM?

A

Unitary

50
Q

How does information flow in the MSM?

A

Linear way

51
Q

At the start of the MSM, where do we get stimuli from?

A

The environment

52
Q

Stimuli from the environment enters what store?

A

Sensory Register

53
Q

What are the two main types of coding in the sensory register?

A

Iconic (visual)

Echoic (sound)

54
Q

For information to move from the sensory register to STM, what has to happen?

A

Pay attention

55
Q

To extend the duration of STM, what is the technique?

A

Maintenance rehersal

56
Q

How do we get information to move from the STM to LTM?

A

Prolonged Rehearsal

57
Q

Keyterm for bringing information back from LTM to STM?

A

Retrieval

58
Q

When information has been retrieved to the STM, what can happen?

A

Response/Remembering

59
Q

The sensory register recieves?

A

Stimuli from the environment

60
Q

Iconic & Echoic are the 2 main ways that the ……… code.

A

sensory register

61
Q

Attention is needed to move information from?

A

Sensory register to STM

62
Q

In which store can we only remember information from?

A

STM

63
Q

Maintenance rehearsal is used to?

A

Extend duration of STM

64
Q

Prolonged rehearsal is used to?

A

Move information from STM to LTM

65
Q

Retrieval is the process of moving information from?

A

LTM to STM

66
Q

Keyterm for increasing capacity of STM?

A

Chunking

67
Q

Grouping items together to reduce the number of items is known as?

A

Chunking

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