Memory Models

Question 1

Atkinson and Shiffrins is

Answer 1

Multi-store memory model

Question 2

Parts of the multi store memory model

Answer 2

sensory memory
Short term memory
Long term memory

Question 3

Sensory memory characteristics

Answer 3

All info goes here
Up to 1 second
Irrelevant info is filtered out by selective attention

Question 4

Short term memory characteristics

Answer 4

Up to 30 seconds
Limited capacity/5-9 items
Perceives info fro stss then encodes it to ltm before receiving decoded info back to perform a response

Question 5

Long term memory characteristics

Answer 5

Unlimited info forever
Procedural - motor programs
Episodic - past experiences
Semantic - facts and knowledge

Question 6

Advantages and disadvantages (MSMM)

Answer 6

+ simplifies process
+ explains how defects such as brain damage effects us

• too simplified as it doesn’t explain why
• does not prove the distinction between LTM and STM

Question 7

Advantages and disadvantages (LoP)

Answer 7

+ understood info is more likely to be remembered
+ longer consider and analyse more remembered

• doesn’t always lead to better recall
• difficult to know what deep processing involves
• doesn’t take into account individual differences

Question 8

Craig and Lockhart model is

Answer 8

Levels of processing

Question 9

Parts of the model

Answer 9

Shallow processing

• structural
• phonemic

Deep processing
-semantic

Question 10

Structural

Answer 10

Encoding physical qualities - skill look like

Question 11

Phonemic

Answer 11

Encoding sound - sound like

Question 12

Semantic

Answer 12

Meaning of the word and relating it to something similar - technique applied