1.2 Multi-Store Memory Model

Question 1

Who and When created MSM?

Answer 1

Atkinson and Shiffrin, 1968.

Question 2

MSM model

Answer 2

(Stimuli) → Sensory Memory → (Attention) → STM → (Maintenance Rehearsal) → LTM → (Retrieval)

Question 3

What is the Sensory Register and key features?

Answer 3

Where information is held at each of the senses
- Large capacity
- Limited duration (milliseconds)

Question 4

What is STM and key features?

Answer 4

Where information is held for immediate tasks
- Limited duration (18 seconds)
- Limited capacity (7+/-2)
- New info displaces already existing

Question 5

What is Maintenance Rehearsal and key features?

Answer 5

By repetition transfers STM info to LTM
- More info is rehearsed the better it is remembered

Question 6

What is the LTM and key features?

Answer 6

Where information is held for longer duration
- Potentially unlimited capacity and duration

Question 7

What is retrieval

Answer 7

How information in LTM can be transferred to STM