Atkison And Shiffrins Memory Model Flashcards
In what order is the model?
Input
Sensory memory
Short term memory
Long term memory
How is input detected?
Via cues from the environment. Sensory organs e.g proprioceptors, touch or kinaesthesia
What is the capacity and duration of the STSS?
Unlimited
Up to 1 second
What is the capacity and duration of STM?
5-9 items
Up to 30 seconds
What is the capacity and duration of LTM?
Unlimited
Permanent
How do things go back and forth from STM and LTM?
Rehearsal
Retrieval
What takes place so that only relevant cues receive focus?
Selective attention
An example of a cue for selective attention?
The spin of the ball when bowled for the batter
Why does this take place?
To prevent overload speeding up the process or interaction between the memories
How does memory travel from sensory to STM? And what travels?
Attention
The most relevant information
What is the journey from STSS to STM called as well as STM to LTM
Encoding
What goes to the LTM?
The most well learned information which will pass things back to the STM so we remember the fined tune memories off the top of our heads
What is a schema?
A visual image or past memory/ experience
Strengths of model?
Simplifies the memory process to aid understanding
Explains how those with a brain damage may have dysfunctional memory/amnesia, showing a distinction between short and long-term memory
Weaknesses of model?
Doesn’t effectively prove the distinction between short and long-term memory
Too simplistic
Doesn’t explain why we remember different types of info
