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1
Q

date

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1887

2
Q

study aim

A

look at the the capacity of STM

3
Q

Method - what were the participants presented with?

A

a string of letters or digits

4
Q

Method - what did the participants do with the string of letters/digits?

A

repeat them back in the same order

5
Q

Method - the test

A

the number of letters/digits increased until they couldn’t recall the sequence correctly

6
Q

Results: digits

A

9 digits

7
Q

Results: letters

A

7 letters

8
Q

Conclusion: 5-9

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Jacobs concluded that STM has a limited storage capacity of 5-9 items

9
Q

Conclusion: individual differences

A

age
memory techniques
chunking

10
Q

Conclusion: digits vs letters

A

digits may have been easier to recall seeing there was only 10 digits but 26 letters

11
Q

Evaluation: ecological validity

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jacobs research was artificial and lacks ecological validity as its not something that you do in real life