4. The Multi-store Model Of Memory AO3

Question 1

Name a strength of the MSM

Answer 1

Supported by research showing STM and LTM are different

Question 2

What research supports the MSM

Answer 2

Baddeley - found we tend to mix up words that sound similar - but we mix up words that mean the same in out LTM - clearly shows coding is acoustic in STM & semantic in LTM

Question 3

How does Baddeley’s research support the MSM

Answer 3

Supports MSM’s view that these two memory stores are separate and independent from each other

Question 4

Name two limitations of the MSM

Answer 4

• Supporting studies use artificial materials

- MSM oversimplifies LTM

Question 5

Explain how the use of artificial materials is an issue of the MSM

Answer 5

Artificial tasks like recalling digits - in everyday life we form memories related to all sorts of useful things (e.g. People’s faces) - suggests MSM lacks external validity - doesn’t reflect everyday life

Question 6

Explain how the MSM oversimplifies LTM

Answer 6

There’s a lot of research evidence that LTM is not a unitary store - we have one LTM store semantic memories and another for episodic - MSM doesn’t reflect these different types