Evaluate the Multi Store Model (8 marks)

Question 1

Evidence of the multi store model? - (Clive Wearing)

Answer 1

• Point: The case of Clive Wearing supports the Multi Store Model
• Evidence: CM damaged his hippocampus → could not make any new LTM. → Still remembered his wife and how to play the piano
• Explain: Showing he had a normal STM, but were unable to transfer information into LTM, supporting the different stores of memory

Question 2

Evidence of the multi store model? - (Peterson and Peterson)

Answer 2

• Point: Peterson and Peterson support how important rehearsal is in transferring of information from STM to LTM
• Evidence: It was an experiment to make sure the participants did not rehearse information and instead to transfer the information to LTM.
• Explain: This shows the transfer of information from STM TO LTM to avoid using rehearsal to remember information by doing another task inbetween.

Question 3

Evidence of the multi store model? - H.M)

Answer 3

• Point: HM damaged his hippocampus. He was not able to make new LTM. He could only remember his wife and how to play piano.
  -Example: He was unable to store information in his LTM or make any new memories
  -Explain: Shows that LTM + STM are two separate stores.

Question 4

How good is the research of the multi store model? - (lab studies)

Answer 4

• point:Lab studies are a weakness
• Example: Artificial setting means research is low in ecological validity
• Explain: Therefore it cannot be used in a real life setting and cannot be applied to a real life situations

Question 5

How good is the research of the multi store model? - (amnesia patients)

Answer 5

• Point: Studies of amnesia patients provide strong evidence for the distinction between STM and LTM
• Example: Patients regularly show deficiencies in one store and normal functioning in the other
• Explain: Therefore, this is an ethical way to test MSM and supports memory as different stores

Question 6

How good is the research of the multi store model? - (case studies)

Answer 6

• Point: Case studies are a weakness
• Examples: Case studies are used for individual people and certain cases affect people differently. This cannot be applied to the wider society
• Explain: Therefore, hard to generalize their results to general population not explaining how memory normally works on a day to day basis

Question 7

Applications and implications to real life of the multi store model?

Answer 7

• Point: This theory would benefit students when revising
• Examples: This may help students how they process things. For example, how they revise. They may use colours to remember information
• Explain: Therefore, this gives teachers revision strategies to use in the classroom

Question 8

Comparison and credibility of the multi store model? - (H.M)

Answer 8

• Point: The model can be explained as being too simplistic as an explanation of memory compared to the WMM.
• Examples: HM suffered a gross impairment in his spatial memory with a relatively unaffected STM for verbal information. → This supports the idea that WMM has two subsystems to deal with verbal and visuospatial information independently.
• Explain: It under emphasizes interaction between the stores therefore it shows that LTM and STM are separated stores of memory

Question 9

Comparison and credibility of the Multi Store model? - (simplistic)

Answer 9

• Point: Mere rehearsal is also too simple for a process to account for the transfer of information from STM to LTM
• Explain: A better theory would be levels of processing which considers elobarative learning where information is processed according to meaningfulness unlike MSM which states it’s just about how many times you rehearse it.