MEMORY: Research into Coding

Question 1

how is info stored in memeory

Answer 1

in different forms

Question 2

info is stored in memeory in different forms depending on

Answer 2

the memory store

Question 3

define coding

Answer 3

format in which info is stored in the various memory stores

Question 4

Who did research into coding

Answer 4

Baddeley

Question 5

What did Baddeley do in coding research

Answer 5

gave diff lists of words to four groups of ppt to remember

Question 6

Describe the four type of words the different geroups fot

Answer 6

1&2- acoustically dis/similar

3&4- semantically dis/similar

Question 7

What were pt asked to do with the 4 groups of words

Answer 7

recall in correct order

Question 8

What happened when pt did task immediatley they were recalling from ?

Answer 8

STM

Question 9

What hppened when pt recalling words from STM

Answer 9

did worse w acoustically similar words

Question 10

recalling words after 20 minutes is recalling from where

Answer 10

LTM

Question 11

What happened when pt recalling from LTM

Answer 11

Did worse on semantically similar words

Question 12

What do findings from research suggests

Answer 12

info coded acoustically in STM

sematically in LTM

Question 13

Strength of Badelleys research on coding ?

Answer 13

identified clear difference between 2 memory stores

Question 14

Explain strength of b coding research - showed clear differences between two memory stores

but test of time

important in understanding of …. which led to

Answer 14

strength - showed clear differences between memory stores

later research shown exceptions to b’s findings

however idea STM uses mostly acoustic coding and LTM uses mostly semantic coding has stood test of time

this was an important step in our understanding of the memory system which led to creation MMM of memory

Question 15

Limitiation of B coding research

Answer 15

lacks mundane realism becasue used artificial stimuli opposed to meaningful material

Question 16

Explain limitation of baddeley research

Answer 16

baddeleys study used quite artificial stimuli
rather than meaningful material

e.g word list- no personal meaning to pt - this is low mundane realism and reduces external validity of experiment

therefore findings dont tell us much about coding in differnt memory tasks, esp in everyday life

when processing more meaningful info people may use sematic coding even for STM tasks

this therefore suggests findings have limited application to memory in the real world