Memory - coding, capacity, duration and types of long term memory

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  • Created on: 16-11-19 17:28

1. What did Tulving find when he did PET scans of participants doing memory tasks?

  • That the left prefrontal cortex lights up when recalling semantic memories and the right prefrontal cortex lights up when recalling episodic memories
  • That the left prefrontal lobe lights up when recalling semantic memories and the right prefrontal lobe lights up when recalling episodic memories
  • That the right prefrontal cortex lights up when recalling semantic memories and the left prefrontal cortex lights up when recalling episodic memories
  • That both the left and right prefrontal cortex lights up when recalling semantic memories but only the right side lights up when recalling episodic memories
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2. Long term memory is coded acoustically and short term memory is coded semantically

  • False
  • True

3. What is a strength of Bahrick's research?

  • Good external validity
  • There were no confounding variables
  • The participants hadn't looked at their year books for 45 years
  • There were ethical implications

4. Who said there are two types of long term memory?

  • Cowan
  • Cohen and Squire
  • Baddeley
  • Tulving

5. What is the capacity of short term memory?

  • 7 +/- 2
  • 7
  • 7.3
  • 6 +/- 2
  • 9

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