The coding in the STM and LTM, which one is acoustic or semantic.
What was Baddeley's procedure?
Participants recalling straight after hearing and 20 minutes after hearing either: acoustically similar (cat, can, cab); acoustically dissimilar (pit, few cow); semantically similar (great, large, big); semantically dissimilar (good, huge, hot)
What was Baddeley's findings?
Immediate recall worse with acoustically similar words (STM is acoustic). Recall after 20 minutes worse with semantically similar words (LTM is semantic).
What was a strength of Baddeley's study?
Identified 2 memory stores - led to development of MSM
What was a limitation of Baddele's study?
Artificial Stimuli (words had no personal meaning to participants) - cannot be applied to everyday life
With meaningful information, people use semantic coding - limited application
