PSYC 3260 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Frontal Lobe, Parietal Lobe, Memory Span
25 Jan 2017
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***number of items stored in stm depends on both chunking strategies and word meaning. Students of memory william james there is a memory system that keeps in consciousness a small # of ideas primary memory closely related to wm than to stm. Capacity of stm measured using a memory-span procedure: procedure. Recoding or chunking information; george miller showed that memory span- determined by # of chunks" or integrated items you need to recall, not the number of items presented. Article unusual cause it was a time when behaviourism was popular. Ppl engage in internal mental processes in order to convert stimuli into manageable number of chunks. Showed it is possible to induce very rapid forgetting if you distract person. Study: present small # of items followed by a number (632). required to count backward by 3s until given recall signal. Counting prevents rehearsal ppl have limited recall after short delay.
