Cognitive - MSM Flashcards
What is Atkinson & Shiffrin (1968) MSM
A linear model of memory that states there are 3 stores: sensory, Stm & Ltm
In the MSM im Emory is viewed as
Information which comes from our environment via stimuli from the sense
Information is stored briefly in the sensory store where it last for
Approximately a second but if attended it flows into stm where is lasts up to 20 seconds
If information is rehearsed in the STM it is encoded in the
ltm where it has an unlimited duration
Information can be _______ from Ltm and brought back into Stm
Retrieved
Information can also be ________ from stm and brought back into the conscious mind.
Recalled
The rehearsal loop stores up to ___ items of information, the more it is looped the more securely it is______
9, rehearsed
Atkinson & shiffrin focused on _______ encoding and ________ encoding
Acoustic (sound) and semantic (meaning)
The stm works mostly by
Acoustic encoding
The ltm uses all types of encoding but mostly
Semantic
Miller (1957) did a study which supports 7+-2 he found that
Stm has a capacity of 7 items of info comfortably but struggles to hold more than 9.
Miller discovered that stm can hold ____ information in ____ but loses _______ e.g recalling a whole face instead of eye colour
More, chunks, accuracy
Glanzer & cunitz (1966) primacy/recency effect where primacy words are ____ _________ and encoded in ___.
Well rehearsed, ltm
Recency words are still in the ________ ____ while middle words are ______ by recent words due to limited capacity of ___
Rehearsal loop, displaced, Stm
If ewt don’t pay ______ to the event and are ______ info may not reach ____. Other details might not reach ltm if not _______.
Attention, distracted, rehearsed
