Coding
What Coding means in Psychology A-Level, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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One of the features of each store, alongside capacity and duration, with short-term memory coding acoustically and long-term memory coding semantically.
Produces quantitative frequency data by tallying appearances, with coding units decided and operationalised in advance.
The initial stage of content analysis where large amounts of qualitative data are categorised into meaningful units.
The format in which information is stored in memory.
Topics that use Coding
- Data handling and analysis (AQA A-Level)
- Memory (AQA A-Level)
- Research methods (AQA A-Level)
- Topic 2: Cognitive psychology (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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