Psychology AQA memory

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What type of coding happens in the short term memory?
Acoustic
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What type of coding happens in the long term memory
Semantic
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Who tested Semantic and acoustic coding in 1966, and what did he find?
Baddeley, he found in the short term memory people had difficulty remembering acoustically similar words and in the long term memory they had difficulty remembering semantically similar words
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What is the capacity in the LTM and STM?
LTM: Capacity unlimited capacity, but we only use a small amount of it. STM: Jacobs tested memory span and concluded we remember 5-9 points
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What is the duration of STM and LTM?
STM: very limited, Peterson and Peterson concluded it lasts around 18s.LTM:also unlimited, information is always stored in our memories
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