Baddley 1966b

Question 1

Aim

Answer 1

To find out if LTM encodes semantically or acoustically

Question 2

Sample

Answer 2

75 participants (men and women)
3 excluded after failing hearing test
independent groups design, volunteer sample.

Question 3

Procedure

Answer 3

List A - acoustically similar words
List B - acoustically dissimilar words
List C - semantically similar words
List D - semantically dissimilar words
One word every 3 seconds, 40 seconds to recall all ten words in order
Unexpected test after 20 minutes of doing an unrelated task

Question 4

Findings

Answer 4

Acoustically similar preformed worse in STM showing that the STM is encoded semantically
Both semantically preformed worse in the LTM test therefore showing that LTM is encoded semantically