Memory

Question 1

Memory

Answer 1

The process of retaining information overtime

Question 2

Who was the MSM proposed by

Answer 2

Atkinson and Shriffin

Question 3

What three stores does the MSM consists of

Answer 3

sensory register
STM
LTM
- Info flows in a linear way

Question 4

The two stores of the sensory register

Answer 4

• Echoic : sound or auditory info and encoded acoustically
• Iconic : visual info and is encoded visually

Question 5

Evidence for MSM - Glanzer and Cunitz

Answer 5

Found when ppts were allowed to immediately recall a list of one syllable words they were asked to remember, they could only remember words at the beginning and the end of the lists, but not words in the middle (known as the primary - recency effect)
- Supports MSM as the words at the beginning are rehearsed and placed in LTM but words in the middle are quickly displaced, words at the end are still in STM

Question 6

Capacity of sensory register

Answer 6

very large

Question 7

What is between the sensory register and STM

Answer 7

Attention

Question 8

Duration for sensory register

Answer 8

• Echoic : 3 seconds
• Iconic : 1/2 second

Question 9

Research for duration of sensory register - Treisman

Answer 9

Presented identical info to both ears through headphones but with a slight delay. At 2 secs or less, ppts could state that the messages were identical

Question 10

The WMM

Answer 10

after the MSM, research questioned existence of a single STM store and it was far too complex and wasn’t passive instead it was an active

Question 11

Components of the WMM

Answer 11

• central executive
• phonological loop
• visuo spatial sketchpad
• episodic buffer

Question 12

Central executive

Question 13

Phonological loop

Answer 13

Stores speech based sounds and verbal info seen visually
- phonological store :stores most recent info heard
- articulatory process: hold the info for longer