Short term and long term memory 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyCognitive PsychologyASOther Created by: kirstyCreated on: 13-10-13 18:27 Define duration? how long a memory lasts 1 of 10 Define capacity? how much can be held in the memory 2 of 10 Define encoding? transferring information into code, creating a 'trace' 3 of 10 In Peterson and Petersons experiment (1959) what were participants shown? nonsense trigrams 4 of 10 After what time were they asked to recall them? 3,6,9,12,15,18 seconds 5 of 10 what were they asked to do during this time? coutn backwards in threes from a given number 6 of 10 what was this called? interference task 7 of 10 After 3 seconds what percentage of participants could recall the trigrams correctly? 80% 8 of 10 after 18 seconds what percentage were recalled correctly? 10% 9 of 10 what was their conclusion? when rehearsal is prevented,very little can stay in the STM for no longer than around 18 seconds 10 of 10
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