What is meant by the terms encoding, capacity and duration, in relation to short term memory
Tom Lowe Psychology Homework for 16/09/05
1. What is meant by the terms encoding, capacity and duration, in relation to short term memory.
Encoding – When we see any material, we immediately begin top encode it. To encode material to store into short term memory, we encode it acoustically, this means we repeat the information/material over and over again, this is known as rehearsal.