psychology paper 1: memory

Question 1

what are the 5 memory processes

Answer 1

encoding
storing
retrieval : (recall + recognition)

Question 2

three memory stores

Answer 2

coding
capacity
duration

Question 3

Sensory codes

Answer 3

Acoustic and visual coding

Question 4

Semantic code

Answer 4

Storing by meaning

Question 6

Sperling experiment - capacity

Answer 6

Flashed words for 50 milliseconds to see whether participant could recall.
2 variables :
one row vs whole 4x3 grid

Found large capacity, short duration as pp’s recalled despite not knowing where to look 3 of 4 words but only some of the full grid

Question 7

Short term memory

Answer 7

18-30s
Holds information we use
Limited capacity (7 +-2 chunks)
Mainly acoustically coded but can be any

Question 8

Chunking

Answer 8

Grouping words into meaningful units to improve memory

Question 10

Jacob’s study

Answer 10

Asked participants to recall increasingly longer lists of words
Found average was 7+-2

Question 11

LTM duration

Answer 11

Bahrick
Recall and recognition of old school friends

Question 12

LTM semantic coding

Answer 12

Baddley
Gave pp similiar dissimilar related and unrelated words

Question 13

Multi store memory model

Answer 13

Atkinson and shriffin