Memory (Chap 6 & 7)

Question 1

Memory

Answer 1

process in which information is encoded, stored, and retrieved

Question 2

Atkinson-Shiffrin Model (Modal)

Answer 2

1) a sensory register, where sensory information enters memory,
2) a short-term store, also called working memory or short-term memory, which receives and holds input from both the sensory register and the long-term store, and
3) a long-term store, where information which has been rehearsed (explained below) in the short-term store is held indefinitely.

Question 3

Evidence against unitary model (joint STM & LTM)

Answer 3

Amnesiacs having working memory intact however inability to create LTM

Question 4

Working memory

Answer 4

• memory being worked on
• replaces STM
• Central executive - visuospatial sketchpad
• phonological loop
• episodic buffer

Question 5

Phonological loop length

Answer 5

2 seconds

Question 6

Phonological Loop

Answer 6

evidence suggests it plays a role not only in auditory memory but in language acquisition and even sign language

Question 7

Episodic buffer

Answer 7

new- baddley 2000

-holds diverse multi-modal info