test Flashcards
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1
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What is capacity?
A
The amount of information that can be held in a memory store
2
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What is duration?
A
How long information can be held in a memory store
3
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What is coding?
A
The way in which information is held in a memory store
4
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What is the duration of the short term memory?
A
18 - 30 seconds
5
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Name the psychological study that is relevant to the duration of the short term memory
A
Peterson and Peterson (1959)
6
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Outline Peterson and Peterson’s 1959 study methodology
A
- They showed participants a trigram (3 letter nonsense word)
- Participants had to recall the trigram after counting backwards in 3s from 300. The length of time they had to count for varied from 3 seconds to 18 seconds to see how long it was until participants forgot the word
7
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What were the findings of Peterson and Peterson’s 1959 study?
A
The longer the interval delay, the less trigrams were recalled (80% after 3 seconds, 10% after 18 seconds)
8
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What is the duration of the long term memory?
A
Lifetime
