MEMORY: multi-store model

Question 1

Who produced the multi-store model?

Answer 1

Atkinson and shiffirn (1968)

Question 2

Multi-store model design

Answer 2

sensory info—sensory register—STM—LTM

Question 3

What si the sensory register (SR)?

Answer 3

Retain info long enough to decide if it needs further processing

Question 4

What five ways does the sensory register process information?

Answer 4

five senses
hearing, seeing , touch , smell and seeing

Question 5

Capacity of the sensory register

Answer 5

unlimited, however it is difficult to assess as there is so much information coming in from the environment

Question 6

Duration of the sensory register

Answer 6

half a second- investigated by sperling (1960)

Question 7

Encoding of the sensory register

Answer 7

MODALITY SPECIFIC
echoic- sound
iconic- visual

Question 8

Capacity of short term memory (STM)

Answer 8

5-9 items
or
7+/-2

Question 9

Duration of the short term memory store

Answer 9

18-30 seconds

Question 10

Encoding of short term memory store

Answer 10

acoustically

Question 11

capacity of the long term memory store (LTM)

Answer 11

unlimited

Question 12

duration of the long term memory store

Answer 12

seems to be forever- tested by Bahrick et al

Question 13

Encoding of the long term memory store

Answer 13

semantically- tested by baddeley

Question 14

The three types of Long term memory

Answer 14

Procedural, semantic and episodic

Question 15

what is procedural LTM?

Answer 15

memory of how things are done

Question 16

examples of procedural memories

Answer 16

juggle, ride a bike, walk, run

Question 17

what is episodic LTM?

Answer 17

memory of events in our lives, they have to be consciously recalled.

Question 18

example of episodic memories

Answer 18

friends weddings, first day at school,

Question 19

What is semantic LTM?

Answer 19

knowledge of the world.

Question 20

examples of semantic memories

Answer 20

where big Ben is, songs, addresses