describe and evaluate research into coding in memory Flashcards
(8 cards)
1
Q
who conducted research into coding?
A
baddley
2
Q
what was the aim of his study?
A
to investigate how info is coded into STM and LTM
3
Q
what was the procedure?
A
participants were given a list of words to remember
- acoustically similar
-acoustically dissimilar
-semantically similar
-semantically dissimilar
4
Q
what were the findings?
A
for stm worse recall for acoustically similar words
- suggests stm is coded acoustically
for ltm worse recall for semantically similar words
- suggests ltm is coded semantically
5
Q
what strengths are there to it being a lab experiment?
A
- high control of extraneous variables
-high external validity
6
Q
what’s a limitation of the words lists used?
A
- they aren’t meaningful to participants
- lack ecological validity
7
Q
what did brandimote find about STM?
A
- you can do visual coding when verbal rehearsal is prevented
8
Q
what is a limitation of the way baddley tested ltm?
A
-only a 20 minute interval
-testign intermediate length memory
