Lesson 2 - Multi Store Model

Question 1

Who came up with the Multi-Store Model?

Answer 1

Atkinson and Shiffrin (1968)

Question 2

What are the 3 components of the MSM?

Answer 2

1) Sensory register
2) Short term memory
3) Long Term Memory

Question 3

What is the order of the MSM?

Answer 3

Environmental Input —> Sensory Memory
—> STM —> LTM

Question 4

How does information travel from the sensory memory to the STM?

Answer 4

Paying attention

Question 5

How does information travel from the STM to the LTM?

Answer 5

Rehearsal

Question 6

How does information travel from the LTM to the STM?

Answer 6

Retrieval

Question 7

How does information get lost from the STM?

Answer 7

If it is not rehearsed, it will be lost via decay or displacement?

Question 8

What is elaborate rehearsal?

Answer 8

This is when the material is given some kind of meaning, to allow for better recall.

Question 9

How does the sensory register work?

Answer 9

It stores sensory information from the environment for a short period of time.

There are 5 sensory stores:
Iconic Store (Visual)
Echoing Store (Auditory)
Haptic store (Touch)
Gustatory (Taste)
Olfactory Store (Smell)

Question 10

What are the characteristics of the sensory register?

Answer 10

Duration: 250ms
Capacity: Unlimited
Coding: Depends on the sense

Question 11

Who did research on the sensory register?

Answer 11

Sperling (1960)

Question 12

What was the method of Sperling?