Features of STM and LTM

Question 1

Baddeley

Answer 1

1966
Cat/Mat study
4 word lists

Question 2

STM coding study

Answer 2

Baddeley

Question 3

Baddeley list A

Answer 3

acoustically similar
10%

Question 4

Baddeley list B

Answer 4

acoustically dissimilar

Question 5

Baddeley list A results

Answer 5

10% Recall

Question 6

Baddeley list C

Answer 6

semantically similar

Question 7

Baddeley list B Results

Answer 7

80% Recall

Question 8

Baddeley list D

Answer 8

semantically dissimilar

Question 9

Baddeley list C results

Answer 9

65% Recall

Question 10

Baddeley list D results

Answer 10

70% Recall

Question 11

Baddeley conclusions

Answer 11

STM is encoded acoustically
LTM is encoded semantically

Question 12

Jacobs

Answer 12

1887
Serial Digit Span

Question 13

Jacobs results

Answer 13

5-9 items

Question 14

STM capacity study

Answer 14

Jacobs

Question 15

Miller 1956

Answer 15

7 +/- 2 items

Question 16

Chunking

Answer 16

Group items often 3’s

Question 17

Peterson and Peterson

Answer 17

1959
Trigram

Question 18

STM duration study

Answer 18

Peterson and Peterson

Question 19

Peterson and Peterson conclusions

Answer 19

If we can’t rehearse information it can’t be passed into LTM

Question 20

LTM coding study

Answer 20

Baddeley
Gave 20 minutes to learn words

Question 21

LTM coding

Answer 21

Semantically

Question 22

LTM capacity

Answer 22

Unlimited no studies to measure

Question 23

LTM duration study

Answer 23

Bahrick 1975

Question 24

Bahrick

Answer 24

1975
High school year book
Free recall, cued recall (pictures) - some fake people
Up to 15 years ago 90% names and faces
Up to 48 years ago 80% names 70% faces

Question 25

LTM duration

Answer 25

Lifetime with cues

Question 26

Sensory register capacity

Answer 26

Very large

Question 27

Sensory register capacity study

Answer 27

Sperling 1960

Question 28

Sensory register duration

Answer 28

250ms

Question 29

Sensory register duration study

Answer 29

Sperling 1960