Peterson and Peterson (1959) (SAQ + ERQ if memory model)

Question 1

aim

Answer 1

to measure the duration of the short-term memory store

Question 2

method

Answer 2

participants told meaningless letter trigrams and asked to count down in threes from a number for 0, 6, 12, or 18 seconds and asked to recall the trigram

Question 3

results

Answer 3

as the time delay increased, ability to recall decreased. after 18 secs almost no recollection - concluded the duration to be approximately 20 seconds

Question 4

conclusion

Answer 4

evidence that short-term store is limited in duration and transfer to long term store is necessary for long term memory

Question 5

key terms

Answer 5

multi store model of memory
memory