A* AQA Psychology Memory: Models, Forgetting & EWT Complete Set

Memory is all about...


Coding, Capacity and duration


Memory


the persistence of learning over time through the storage and retrieval of
information


Coding


the format information is stored


Capacity


The amount of information that can be held in a memory store


Duration


The length of time information can be held in memory


short term memory (working memory)


information is held in brief periods of time while being used


long-term memory (LTM)


continuous storage of information




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, Short term memory is also knows as...


working memory


Research on STM


Miller 1956
Baddeley 1966
Peterson & Peterson 1956


Miller 1956 key term


Magic no 7




Miller (1956) researched...


STM capacity (miller & carter, capacity)




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, Miller (1956)


STM capacity
Magic no 7
Chunking improves capacity




STM capacity


7 +/- 2


Baddeley (1966) key term


Acoustic & Semantic




Baddeley researched...


STM coding (Baddeley coded)




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