Introduction to memory

Question 1

What approach memory studied under?

Answer 1

Cognitive approach

Question 2

What does the cognitive approach focus on?

Answer 2

• perception
• reasoning
• memory

Question 3

Define memory

Answer 3

the process in which we retain information about events that happen in our lives

Question 4

Define short term memory (STM)

Answer 4

memory for immediate events

Question 5

Define long term memory (LTM)

Answer 5

memory for events that happened in the past

Question 6

What is capacity?

Answer 6

How much data can be stored

Question 7

What is duration?

Answer 7

The amount of time the data is stored

Question 8

What is coding?

Answer 8

the way information is transformed and stored in memory

Question 9

What is the capacity of the STM?

Answer 9

5-9 items

Question 10

What is the duration of the STM?

Answer 10

18 - 30 seconds

Question 11

What is the coding of the STM?

Answer 11

Acoustically

Question 12

What is the capacity of the LTM?

Answer 12

infinite

Question 13

What is the duration of the LTM?

Answer 13

forever

Question 14

What is the coding of the LTM?

Answer 14

Semantically

Question 15

What research evidence supports capacity?

Answer 15

Miller

Question 16

What research evidence supports duration?

Answer 16

Peterson and Peterson

Question 17

What research supports coding?

Answer 17

Baddely