Noticed there was Phsychology students here..

[Little Toni]

Well, I'm doing coursework on the effects of chunking on STM, except I can't really find any previous studies and I'm already behind, can anybody help?
Muchly appreciated
Love Toni
xxx

[Popple]

can try and help as much as I can
whatcha want help with??

katy
xx

[Tears and Rain]

If it's the type of thing you're looking for, in the Levels of Processing theory, organistation is one of the categories, and to support thet Mandler (1967) did a study whereby he asked participants to sort 52 cards with prictures on them into piles using categories. They were then given an unexpected free recall test and the recall was poorest wuth those using less categories.
Supporting the fact that organisation is a necessary condition in memory but also that chunking the information into easy to remember categories was useful too.

No idea if that helps in the slightest.
But cest la vie.

[Kittyne]

start off with miller et al. he did quite a lot of stuff on STM and
7 +/-2 chunking thing. google it. and look for journels and psychology books. if your scottish i recommond psychology for higher
or complete psychology by davey its the course text for first year BSc psychology which im currently sitting

[Little Toni]

Thanks a lot :) You're all a big help.
x

*cracks out old A/s text book*, i shall return!

hmm i dont have any specific studies in my old text book but it does mention it. emphasis is on Miller (1956) - mentioned above. not much at all really.
wikipedia is your friend. i searched chunking and got this- ' Karl Lashley, way back in 1951, in his classic paper on serial order (Lashley, 1951) argued that the sequential responses that appear to be organized in linear and flat fashion concealed an underlying hierarchical structure. This was demonstrated in motor control by Rosenbaum et al (1983).'
possibly some names to look into.

heres the origional paper by miller -
http://www.psych.utoronto.ca/users/peterson/psy430s2001/Miller%20GA%20Magical%20Seven%20Psych%20Review%201 955.pdf

[bobidrawpictures]

I'm thankful that in all my studies i have stayed clear of the whole memory thing in psychology so sadly i cannot help

ps its better doing studies on the effect of booze etc :p

[OutOfTheWoods11]

Joseph Jacobs (1887), Miller et al (1956), Herb Simon (1974)

:D