Coding - Memory

Question 1

How is STM encoded?

Answer 1

Acoustically - sound

Question 2

How is LTM encoded?

Answer 2

Semantically - meaning

Question 3

Explain Baddley’s study of Encoding in STM.

Answer 3

4 groups, 4 lists. 2 lists coded acoustically similar and different, 2 lists coded semantically similar and different. Participants were given the lists in the wrong order and had to recall them back in the right order, this was repeated 4 times.

Question 4

What were the results of Baddley’s study encoding in STM?

Answer 4

The group who had to recall the acoustically similar list did the worst; by the 4th trial they had recalled 55% of the words.

Question 5

Explain Baddley’s study of encoding in LTM.

Answer 5

4 groups, 4 lists. 2 lists coded acoustically similar and different, 2 lists coded semantically similar and different. Participants were given the lists in the wrong order and had to recall them back in the right order. There was a 20 minute interval after being shown the words where the participants were doing something else. This was repeated 4 times.

Question 6

What were the results of Baddley’s study encoding in LTM?

Answer 6

The group who had to recall the semantically similar list ,did the worst; by the 4th trial 55% of the words were recalled.