Memory: Multi-Store Model of Memory Flashcards

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Who developed the multi-store model of memory?

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Atkinson & Shiffrin

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What type of model is the multi-store model?

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Structural

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Key Term Focus

The MSM is described as a structural model

What does this mean?

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The model is organised

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How can we describe the sensory register, the STM, and LTM

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  • Seperate
  • Unitary
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How does information flow through the model?

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In a linear way

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Key Term Focus

Information in the MSM flows in a linear way.

What does this mean?

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Information has to pass through each store

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Stimuli from the environment enters the sensory register

What happens if this information is not attended (paid attention to)

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Information decays

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Why will unattended information in the sensory register decay?

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It has a limited duration of < 1s

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How does information transfer from the sensory register to the short term memory?

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By paying attention to it

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Why does unrehearsed information in the short term memory decay?

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It has a limited duration of 18 - 30s

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How does information transfer to the long term memory from the short term memory?

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Prolonged rehearsal
(rehearsing it over time)

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How can information be kept in the short term memory for longer?

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Maintenance rehearsal
(rehearsing the information)

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How can information be transferred from the long term memory, to the short term memory

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Retrieval

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What is the duration of the sensory register?

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Less than 1 second

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What is the capacity of the sensory register?

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High

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What is the duration of the short term memory?

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18 - 30 seconds

17
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What is the duration of the long term memory?

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Lifetime

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AO1 Focus

What is the capacity of the long term?

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Infinite

19
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What did Baddeley find?

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Participants mixed up words that sound similar when using their STM, and mixed up words with similar meanings when using their LTM

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Why does this support the multi-store model of memory?

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It shows the STM codes acoustically, LTM codes semantically - so are therefore seperate stores

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What was Clive Wearing unable to do?

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Cannot transfer from information from his STM to his LTM

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How do we know that Clive Wearing cannot transfer information from his STM to his LTM?

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When his wife re-enters the room after leaving just seconds before, he greets her as if is the first time he has seen her in years

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Why does Clive Wearing support the multi-store model of memory?

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Shows the STM and LTM are seperate stores and information flows in a linear way

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DISCUSSION Focus

How can we criticse the case study of Clive Wearing

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Low population validity

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DISCUSSION Focus

Why is it difficult to generalise the findings of Clive Wearing?

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As other peoples memory may operate differently

26
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DICUSSION Focus

What finding from Clive Wearing is difficult to generalise to the population?

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Information flows in a linear way

27
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AO1 Focus

Why may information in the sensory register decay?

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As it is unattended to, and has a limited duration

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AO1 Focus

Why may information decay in the short term memory?

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As it has not been rehearsed, and the STM has a limited duration

29
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AO1 Focus

Why will information not decay in the LTM?

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As it has a duration that lasts a lifetime

30
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AO1 Focus

How can the duration of the STM be extended?

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Maintenance rehearsal

31
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AO1 Focus

Why would information be retrieved from the LTM to the STM?

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In order to give a response