Cognitive - MSM

Question 1

what are the three stores

Answer 1

Sensory memory
Short term memory
Long term memory

Question 2

Sensory memory

Answer 2

encoded via senses
can hold up to 10 items
durability is less than two seconds

Question 3

Short term memory

Answer 3

When you pay attention to sensory memory it goes to STM
encoded acoustically
holds 5-9 items
duration for 30 seconds

Question 4

Long term memory

Answer 4

when rehearsed, short term enters long term memory
encoded semantically
unlimited capacity and duration
information can be retrieved when needed

Question 5

STRENGTH - Baddeley

Answer 5

shows encoding for STM and LTM are correct, valid description of human memory

Question 6

STRENGTH - Clive Wearing

Answer 6

shows how STM and LTM are separated as he had a damaged LTM, but not STM. Credible/valid

Question 7

STRENGTH - usefulness

Answer 7

can help explain revision - need of rehearsing and focusing on semantic meaning

Question 8

WEAKNESS - other theory

Answer 8

WMM focuses on STM and explains how auditory and visual information have different capacities. MSM may be too simplistic.

Question 9

WEAKNESS - lab experiments

Answer 9

Baddeley etc use lab experiments which are low in ecological validity as they cannot apply to real life memory,

Question 10

WEAKNESS - reductionist

Answer 10

long term memory may be more complicated. As supported by KC as he could recall semantic information but not episodic.