memory studies jacob

Question 1

How can capacity of STM be assessed

Answer 1

using a digital span

Question 2

what were the participants presented with?

Answer 2

Researcher gives participants for e.g 4 digits and then the participants is asked to recall these in correct order aloud

Question 3

what happens if this is correct?

Answer 3

…if this is correct the researcher reads out 5 digits and so on until the participant cannot recall the order correctly
this then develops the individuals digital span

Question 4

What was the mean span for the participants?

Answer 4

9. 3 items for digits

7. 3 items for letters

Question 5

what was the meaning of capacity?

Answer 5

the amount of information that can be held in a memory store