A-level Multistore Model of Memory MCQ 1

Coding in STM is mostly _______.

• visual
• semantic
• acoustic
• tactile

Who researched the capacity of STM?

• Peterson & Peterson
• Miller
• Baddeley
• Bahrick et al.

The duration of STM is about?

• Several minutes
• Half a minute
• One minute
• Several hours

Who studied coding in STM and LTM?

• Peterson & Peterson
• Miller
• Baddeley
• Bahrick et al.

Which researcher studied the capacity of STM using number and letter strings?

• Peterson & Peterson
• Miller
• Baddeley
• Jacobs

Whose yearbook study supports the belief that LTM lasts a lifetime?

• Bahrick et al.
• Jacobs
• Baddeley
• Craik & Lockhart

Baddeley's research has been criticised because he used ______ to test coding in STM and LTM.

• not very realistic materials
• real-life memory tasks
• nonsense syllables
• household items

Lack of control in Jacob's study may have led to the findings being affected by _______?

• high validity
• good generalisability
• extraneous variables
• demand characteristics

Cowan argues STM has a capacity of

• 7 plus or minus 2 items on average
• 4 chunks on average
• practically unlimited
• 7 chunks on average

In their study on the capacity of STM Peterson & Peterson used _______.

• consonant syllables
• shopping items
• phone numbers
• single syllable words