Memory case studies

short term memory coding

Baddeley - 4 lists of words with similar or different sounds and meanings

short term memory capacity (2)

Jacobs - digit span test where repeat back numbers an letters

Miller - memory span and chunking with magical number 7

short term memory duration

Peterson +Peterson - 3 letter trigrams for intervals of time without rehearsal

long term memory coding

Baddeley - same as STM

long term memory duration

Bahrick et al - recall test on school mates

explanations for forgetting interference theory

McGeoch and McDonald - 6 groups with 10 words each with second list between that varied

context dependent forgetting

Godden and Baddeley - 4 groups on land and water asked recall

state dependent forgetting

Goodwin et al - male volunteers sober or drunk

ESP value of retieval cues

Tulving and Pearlstone - 48 words grouped to 12 categories with free or cued recall

leading questions

Loftus and Palmer - car crash study

post event discussion

Gabbert et al - money theft video

anxiety has a negative effect

Johnson and Scott - knife pen study

anxiety has a positive effect

Christianson and Hubinette - Swedish bank robberies