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Memory
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- 1What is coding?The way information is changed so it can be stored
- 2How is LTM coded?Semantically
- 3How is STM coded?onAcoustically
- 4How did Baddeley test the effects of acoustic and semantic similarity on STM and LTM?By using word lists - one was acoustically similar and semantically different, the other was semantically similar and acoustically different
- 5What did Baddeley find?Ps had difficulty remembering acoustically similar word in STM but not LTM and whereas semantically similar words posed problems for LTM but not STM
- 6What do Baddeley's findings suggest?STM relies heavily on acoustic coding but LTM primarily uses semantic coding
- 7What is the capacity of STM?7+-2 items
- 8What is the capacity of LTM?Infinite
- 9What is the duration of STM?Up to 18 seconds
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- AS - Level Psychology (Memory) Flashcards on Memory, created by Jade Gordon on 28/02/2016.
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