describe and evaluate the mlti-store model of memory. refer to evidence in you awnser(16 mark) Flashcards
who provides support for the MSM
clive wearing
what happened the clive wearing
contacted a virus that caused severe amnesia
how long could wearing remember information for?
20-30s
coud clive recall info from his past? give an example?
yes , for example his wifes name
was wearing able to transfer information from his STM to his LTM?
no but he could retrieve some information succsesfully
what does wearing support?
the passing of information from one store to anouther, in a linear fashion and that damage to any part of the MSM can cause memory impairment
what cases refute the model?
KF
what happened to KF?
he was injued in a motercycle accident and ould only recall stored information from his LTM. However he had issues with his STM
what was KF able to remember and what was he not? what does this suggest?
could remember visual information,including faces but could not remember sounds(acoustic information) .
This suggests thair are atleast two components withing STM, one component for visual information and one component for acoustic information so the MSM may provide an oversimplified account of the STM
what study provides support for MSM?
Miller(1959)
what does Miller(1959) support the idea of?
limited capacitry of 7 +/-2 chunck of info in STM
what does peterson and person (1959) support/
the idea of a limited duration in STM of approximatley 20s
what does bahrick (1975) support?
the idea of a lifetime duration in the LTM
what is research examining the MSM a clear example of?
experimental reductionism
why is research examining the MSM a clear example of experiemntal reductionism?
it attempts to explain a complex behaviour by relying on isolated variables , operationalised in laboratary experiment such as the capacity of STM or the duration of STM
