memory models

Question 1

What are the 3 stages of remembering information?

Answer 1

encoding, storage and retrieval

Question 2

What are the 3 memory stores?

Answer 2

short-term sensory, shot-term and long-term

Question 3

What is chunking?

Answer 3

different pieces of info are grouped together and then remembered as one piece of information

Question 4

How long is info stored in short-term sensory and how does it pass on to short-term?

Answer 4

1 second
Selective attention filters relevant info into the short-term memory

Question 5

How much info is stored in short-term memory and for how long?

Answer 5

limited info for 30 secs

Question 6

How does info move into long term memory?

Answer 6

rehearsal of important info means it’s encoded into the long-term store

Question 7

What is Craik and Lockhart’s levels of processing model?

Answer 7

the model explains how memory works and opposes the view that there are set memory stores. If info is considered deeply then the memory of it is likely to last a longer time.

Question 8

According to Craik and Lockhart, how do we remember info for longer?

Answer 8

If it’s considered, understood and has meaning to us. Also the deeper the info is processed, the longer the memory lasts.

Question 9

Pros and Cons of multi store memory model?

Answer 9

Pros = simplifies memory process, explains how those with brain damage may have dysfunctional memory showing difference between short and long term
Cons = doesn’t explain why we remember different types of info,

Question 10

Pros and Cons of Craik and Lockharts level of processing approach?

Answer 10

Pros = explains why info that is understood is more likely to be remembered and the longer we consider info the more it’s remembered
Cons = longer processing doesn’t always lead to better recall, doesn’t take into account individual differences