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TermDefinition
Capacity of sensory memory Very large
Duration of sensory memory 250ms
Coding of sensory memory All the senses
Capacity of short term memory 7 (+/- 2) items
Duration of short term memory 30 seconds
Coding of short term memory Acoustically
Capacity of long term memory Infinite
Duration of long term memory Lifetime
Coding of long term memory Semantic (meaning)
Murdock sample size 103 participants
Sensorimotor stage of development 0-2 years. Rely on senses to understand the world and make decisions. Egocentric. Lack object permanence and conservation.
Pre-operational stage of development 2-7 years. Have object permanence and egocentrism. They can start to have abstract thinking.
Concrete operational stage of development 7-11 years. Not egocentric. Have object permanence and conservation. Much stronger at abstract thinking.
Formal stage of development 12+ years. Have mastered abstract thinking, have hypothetical reasoning.
McGarrigle and Donaldson sample 80 children aged 4-6 years
% of children in McGarrigle and Donaldson study who correctly said the counters were the same 60%+
Hughes' policeman doll study sample 30 children aged 3.5-5 years
% of children in Hughes' study who correctly hid the boy doll 90%
% of young children in Hughes' study who correctly hid the doll when more than two walls were used 60%
Asch sample 123 US students
% of overall conformity in Asch 33%
% of ppts who conformed at least once in Asch 75%
Milgram sample 40 US male volunteers, aged 20-50 years
% who obeyed to 450V in Milgram 65%
Piliavin sample 4,450 members of the public on a New York subway train
Piliavin help: cane vs. drunk 95% cane vs. 50% drunk
Piliavin help: same race 64% same race
Piliavin help: male passengers 90% of first helpers were male
Von Frisch: turn rapidly in circles to the right and then left Less than 100m from food source
Von Frisch: tail-wagging dance, move forward in a straight line, wagging their abdomen from side to side When the food source is >100m away
Von Frisch: % of bees who saw the dances that went to food source 60%
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