AQA PSYCHOLOGY – MEMORY EXAM NEWEST 2025
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+
Capacity of STM? - - ANS✔️--7 +/- 2 (5-9)
Duration of STM? - - ANS✔️--Max 30 seconds
How is the LTM Coded - - ANS✔️--Mainly Semantically
Coding - - ANS✔️--The format in which information is stored. (How)
Who Did Research On Coding? - - ANS✔️--Baddely
Process of Baddely's Experiment on coding - - ANS✔️--Group 1 -
Accoustically similar
Group 2 - Acoustically disimilar
,Group 3 - Semantically similar
Group 4 - Semantically disimilar
They were given a list of original words in wrong order. Had to recall in
correct order. (LTM 20 Min Interval)
Result of Baddley's Experiment For coding STM - - ANS✔️--Confusion
between acoustically similar words
Result of Baddley's Experiment for coding in LTM - - ANS✔️--Confusion
between semantially similar words
Conclusions for Baddley's Experiment on coding - - ANS✔️--STM -
Acoustic confusion, coded acoustically
LTM - Semantic confusion, coded semantically
Positive Evaluation for Baddley's Experiment on coding - - ANS✔️--
Cause and effect is shown.
Replicable
,Makes cognitive sense - Shopping list = words aloud. Recall of book =
recall of plot
Negative Evaluation of Baddley's Experiment on coding - - ANS✔️--
Artificial Stimuli - Cautious about generalising
Lacks EV
Small difference in recall between semantic lists = semantic coding is
STM.
What is Capacity? - - ANS✔️--Amount of information that can be held.
Research for Capacity - - ANS✔️--Jacobs and Miller
Method for Jacob's Study on capacity - - ANS✔️--Aim - See how much
info STM can hold at one time
Developed a technique - Digit Span
Research gave a certain number of digits then the PP recalled in
correct order. If recalled correctly, amount of digits increased.
Determines individuals digit span.
, Results of Jacob's Study on capacity - - ANS✔️--7.3 letters
9.3 words
Positive Evaluation(s) of Jacob's Study on capacity - - ANS✔️--
Supported by other research - More validity
Negative Evaluation(s) of Jacob's Study on capacity - - ANS✔️--
Conducted a long time ago - Lacked adequate control
Lacks EV - Lacks Mundane realism
May not have controlled for confounding variables - reduces validity
What Did Miller's Study Discover? - - ANS✔️--Instead as keeping the
information as individuals, the unit of informaiton can be increased by
chunking.
What is Miller's Magic Number? - - ANS✔️--7 +/- 2 (5-9 chunks)
Evaluation Points For Miller's Study - - ANS✔️--Lacks EV
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+
Capacity of STM? - - ANS✔️--7 +/- 2 (5-9)
Duration of STM? - - ANS✔️--Max 30 seconds
How is the LTM Coded - - ANS✔️--Mainly Semantically
Coding - - ANS✔️--The format in which information is stored. (How)
Who Did Research On Coding? - - ANS✔️--Baddely
Process of Baddely's Experiment on coding - - ANS✔️--Group 1 -
Accoustically similar
Group 2 - Acoustically disimilar
,Group 3 - Semantically similar
Group 4 - Semantically disimilar
They were given a list of original words in wrong order. Had to recall in
correct order. (LTM 20 Min Interval)
Result of Baddley's Experiment For coding STM - - ANS✔️--Confusion
between acoustically similar words
Result of Baddley's Experiment for coding in LTM - - ANS✔️--Confusion
between semantially similar words
Conclusions for Baddley's Experiment on coding - - ANS✔️--STM -
Acoustic confusion, coded acoustically
LTM - Semantic confusion, coded semantically
Positive Evaluation for Baddley's Experiment on coding - - ANS✔️--
Cause and effect is shown.
Replicable
,Makes cognitive sense - Shopping list = words aloud. Recall of book =
recall of plot
Negative Evaluation of Baddley's Experiment on coding - - ANS✔️--
Artificial Stimuli - Cautious about generalising
Lacks EV
Small difference in recall between semantic lists = semantic coding is
STM.
What is Capacity? - - ANS✔️--Amount of information that can be held.
Research for Capacity - - ANS✔️--Jacobs and Miller
Method for Jacob's Study on capacity - - ANS✔️--Aim - See how much
info STM can hold at one time
Developed a technique - Digit Span
Research gave a certain number of digits then the PP recalled in
correct order. If recalled correctly, amount of digits increased.
Determines individuals digit span.
, Results of Jacob's Study on capacity - - ANS✔️--7.3 letters
9.3 words
Positive Evaluation(s) of Jacob's Study on capacity - - ANS✔️--
Supported by other research - More validity
Negative Evaluation(s) of Jacob's Study on capacity - - ANS✔️--
Conducted a long time ago - Lacked adequate control
Lacks EV - Lacks Mundane realism
May not have controlled for confounding variables - reduces validity
What Did Miller's Study Discover? - - ANS✔️--Instead as keeping the
information as individuals, the unit of informaiton can be increased by
chunking.
What is Miller's Magic Number? - - ANS✔️--7 +/- 2 (5-9 chunks)
Evaluation Points For Miller's Study - - ANS✔️--Lacks EV
