12 Questions
According to the information provided, how did Alan Baddeley categorize words based on their sound?
By meaning
What is the process of converting information between different forms called?
Encoding
What type of words are categorized as semantically similar?
Words with similar meanings
What is the capacity of short-term memory, as discussed in the text?
5 digits
What do the hindrances suggest about how information is coded in short-term memory and long-term memory?
Acoustically in short-term memory and semantically in long-term memory
According to George Miller's observations, what did he note about people's ability to recall words and letters?
Five words can be recalled as easily as five letters
How long did Margaret and Uoyd Reserson suggest the duration of Short-Term Memory (STM) to be?
18 seconds
In Bahrick et al.'s study on Long-Term Memory (LTM), after 43 years, what percentage of recall did the photo recognition test show?
70%
What is a limitation highlighted in Miller's research on Short-Term Memory (STM)?
Overestimated number of chunks
What did Nelson Coman (2001) suggest about the number of items in Short-Term Memory (STM)?
Exactly five items
Why did researchers argue that Baddeley's study might have limitations?
Utilized artificial stimuli
What was one of the strengths of Jacobs' study on digit span in Short-Term Memory (STM)?
High external validity
Learn about memory coding and the process of converting information between different forms according to Alan Baddeley's classification into four groups based on acoustic and semantic similarities.
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