Memory - Mark scheme Flashcards
(4 cards)
1
Q
Capacity of the STM
A
7 +/- 2 items (Miller)
Can be improved through chuncking
Shown using digit span tests (Jacobs)
2
Q
Duration of STM
A
18-30 secs
Duration extended through rehersal
Peterson & Peterson - trigrams
3
Q
Describe the encoding of info in STM and LTM
A
STM: Acoustic encoding
LTM: Semantic encoding
Baddeley(1966) - similar sounding/ meaning words
STM confused acoustically similar words
LTM confused with semantically simillar words
4
Q
Outline and evaluate the multi-store model of memory
A
Sensory - STM - LTM
Attention transfers info to STM; rehersal transfers to LTM
STM & LTM have differnt capacity/duration/encoding
Supported by Baddeley and Peterson & Peterson
Too simplistic - only one type of STM and LTM
Patient KF condradicts it
