Key Studies

Question 1

Capacity and duration in the sensory register

Answer 1

Sperling (1960)
3x4 grid of letters recall single rows when particular tones heard - 4 items, 250-500 milliseconds

Question 2

Capacity in STM

Answer 2

Miller (1956)

Question 3

Duration in STM

Answer 3

Peterson and Peterson (1959)
Consonant trigrams

Question 4

Duration in LTM

Answer 4

Bahrick et al (1975)

Question 5

Coding in STM and LTM

Answer 5

Baddeley (1966)

Question 6

Primary / recency effect use as research to support the MSM

Answer 6

Glanzer and Cunitz

Question 7

Supporting research for the WMM using dual task performance

Answer 7

Baddeley et al (1973)

Question 8

Types of LTM

Answer 8

Tulving (1989)

Question 9

Proactive interference

Answer 9

Keppel and Underwood (1962)

Question 10

Retroactive interference

Answer 10

Postman (1960)

Question 11

Context dependant forgetting

Answer 11

Godden and Baddeley (1975)

Question 12

State-dependant forgetting

Answer 12

Darley et al (1973)

Question 13

Misleading info (leading questions)

Answer 13

Loftus and Palmer (1974)

Question 14

Misleading info (post-event discussion)

Answer 14

Gabbert et al (2003)

Question 15

Anxiety

Answer 15

Johnson and Scott (1976)

Question 16

Contradictory study for leading questions and anxiety

Answer 16

Yuille and Cutshall (1986)