The Complete Companions for AQA A Level Psychology 5th Edition
A summary of the whole of the Memory chapter including both description (AO1) and evaluation (AO3). The content has been condensed and presented in order to aid your recall in exams. Highlighting and reviewing these notes helped me get an A* in each Memory Mock.
Memory
=>SHORT TERM MEMORY
Definition Research Conclusion Limitations
Capacity Number of - Jacobs : reading - It is easier to - Unrealistic
units of strings of remember to everyday
information letters/digits to numbers (less life
which can be see how many 1-9) - No account
stored. can be recalled - STM varies per for
- 9.3 digits person individual
- 7.3 letters - Chunking differences
- Miller : count 7±2 things help
flashing dots recall
Duration Measure of - Peterson & - 3 seconds: 90% - unrealistic
how long a Peterson: 24 recall to everyday
memory lasts students trigram - 18 seconds: 2% life
3 letters then 3 recall
digit number and - Most max
asked to count duration: 18
down in 2’s then sec
recall the 3
letters
Coding How - Baddeley : recall - Difficulty
information is list immediately remembering
changed so it after hearing it acoustically
can be stored similar
in the memory - STM: encoded
acoustically
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