Features of Memory - BSF

What term is used to define the amount of information a memory store can hold?

• Coding

• Capacity

• Duration

What term is used to define the format in which memories are stored?

• Coding

• Capacity

• Duration

What term is used to define how long a memory can be stored?

• Coding

• Capacity

• Duration

How is short term memory encoded?

• Acoustically

• Semantically

How is long term memory encoded?

• Acoustically

• Semantically

What is the capacity of short term memory?

• 5 + or - 2

• 7 + or - 2

• 9 + or - 2

What is the term that describes the process of increasing the capacity of short term memory by grouping information in to meaningful units?

• Grouping

• Coding

• Chunking

What is the duration of the short term memory in seconds?

• 6

• 9

• 18

In Bahrick's study of memory, what personal items did participants bring to the experiment to be tested on?

• Year book

• Family photo album

• Text books

What feature of long term memory was Bahrick testing?

• Coding

• Capacity

• Duration