Unit 1 - LAA1- Characteristics of three memory stores

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Coding

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Capacity

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Duration

Question 4

Name the 3 memory stores

Answer 4

Sensory Register

STM

LTM

Question 5

Name the 3 memory stores

Answer 5

Sensory Register

STM

LTM

Question 6

Coding of the sensory register?

Answer 6

Modality specific

Question 7

Coding of STM?

Answer 7

Acoustic

Question 8

Coding of LTM?

Answer 8

Semantic

Question 9

Capacity of Sensory Register

Answer 9

Unlimited

Question 10

Capacity of STM?

Answer 10

7 +/- 2

5-9 items

Question 11

Capacity of LTM?

Answer 11

Unlimited

Question 12

Duration of Sensory Register?

Answer 12

Less than 0.5 seconds

Question 13

Duration of STM?

Answer 13

18-30 seconds

Question 14

Duration of LTM?

Answer 14

Potentially forever

Question 15

Define Coding

Answer 15

How we process information

Question 16

Define Capacity

Answer 16

The amount of information held in memory

Question 17

Define Duration

Answer 17

How long information lasts in memory

Question 18

Modality specific is seen in the?

Answer 18

Coding of Sensory Register

Question 19

Acoustic is the?

Answer 19

Coding of STM

Question 20

Semantic is the?

Answer 20

Coding of LTM

Question 21

Unlimited is the?

Answer 21

Capacity of LTM & Sensory Register

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Capacity of STM

Question 23

Less than 0.5 seconds is the?

Answer 23

Duration of the Sensory Register

Question 24

18-30 seconds is the?

Answer 24

Duration of STM

Question 25

Potentially forever is the?

Answer 25

Duration of LTM

Question 26

Who studied the Coding of STM & LTM?

Answer 26

Baddeley

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Acoustically similar word lists

Question 28

Findings of Baddeley's study into coding of STM?

Answer 28

Ppt had better recall of acoustically dissimilar words

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Semantically similar/dissimilar word lists

Question 30

Findings of Baddeley's study into coding of LTM?

Answer 30

Ppt had better recall of semantically dissimilar words

Question 31

Who studied capacity of STM?

Answer 31

Miller

Question 32

Task Miller created to test capacity of STM?

Answer 32

Digit Span Task

Question 33

Findings of Miller's study into capacity of STM?

Answer 33

Ppt recalled between 5-9 digits

Question 34

Who investigated Duration of STM?

Answer 34

Peterson & Peterson

Question 35

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

Answer 35

Consonant Trigram

Question 36

Who tested duration of the LTM?

Answer 36

Bahrick

Question 37

Task Bahrick had ppt complete to test duration of LTM?

Answer 37

Recalling classmates from yearbook photos

Question 38

Baddeley investigated?

Answer 38

Coding in the STM & LTM

Question 39

Miller investigated?

Answer 39

Capacity of STM

Question 40

Peterson & Peterson Investigated?

Answer 40

Duration of STM

Question 41

Bahrick investigated?

Answer 41

Duration of LTM

Question 42

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

Answer 42

Lacks mundane realism (task)

Question 43

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

Answer 43

High control over EVs High in Reliability

Question 44

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

Answer 44

Task

Question 45

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

Answer 45

High in mundane realism Low control over EVs

Question 46

Who created the Multi-store model of Memory?

Answer 46

Atkinson & Shiffrin

Question 47

Atkinson & Shiffrin created the MSM or WMM?

Answer 47

MSM

Question 48

What kind of model is the MSM meaning organised?

Answer 48

Structural

Question 49

What are the stores of memory according to the MSM?

Answer 49

Unitary

Question 50

How does information flow in the MSM?

Answer 50

Linear way

Question 51

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

Answer 51

The environment

Question 52

Stimuli from the environment enters what store?

Answer 52

Sensory Register

Question 53

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

Answer 53

Iconic (visual) Echoic (sound)

Question 54

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

Answer 54

Pay attention

Question 55

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

Answer 55

Maintenance rehersal

Question 56

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

Answer 56

Prolonged Rehearsal

Question 57

Keyterm for bringing information back from LTM to STM?

Answer 57

Retrieval

Question 58

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

Answer 58

Response/Remembering

Question 59

The sensory register recieves?

Answer 59

Stimuli from the environment

Question 60

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

Answer 60

sensory register

Question 61

Attention is needed to move information from?

Answer 61

Sensory register to STM

Question 62

In which store can we only remember information from?

Answer 62

STM

Question 63

Maintenance rehearsal is used to?

Answer 63

Extend duration of STM

Question 64

Prolonged rehearsal is used to?

Answer 64

Move information from STM to LTM

Question 65

Retrieval is the process of moving information from?

Answer 65

LTM to STM

Question 66

Keyterm for increasing capacity of STM?

Answer 66

Chunking

Question 67

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

Answer 67

Chunking