The Multi-store Model of Memory

?

Miller (1956)- STM capacity

aim: To investigate the capacity of of STM.

method: A literature review was published on investigations into perceptions of STM.

findings: This existing research showed that organising stimulus into a series of chunks, allows STM to be able to cope with 7+/- 2 chunks of information.

conclusion: Encoding can extend the capacity of STM briefly.

Peterson & Peterson (1959)- STM duration

aim: To investigate how different short intervals containing an inference task affect the recall of items presented verbally, and to infer the duration of STM.

method: 24 male and female participants took part. They were…

Comments

No comments have yet been made