Memory: Multi-Store Model of Memory Flashcards
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Who developed the multi-store model of memory?
Atkinson & Shiffrin
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What type of model is the multi-store model?
Structural
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The MSM is described as a structural model
What does this mean?
The model is organised
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How can we describe the sensory register, the STM, and LTM
- Seperate
- Unitary
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How does information flow through the model?
In a linear way
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Information in the MSM flows in a linear way.
What does this mean?
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)
Information decays
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Why will unattended information in the sensory register decay?
It has a limited duration of < 1s
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How does information transfer from the sensory register to the short term memory?
By paying attention to it
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Why does unrehearsed information in the short term memory decay?
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?
Prolonged rehearsal
(rehearsing it over time)
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How can information be kept in the short term memory for longer?
Maintenance rehearsal
(rehearsing the information)
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How can information be transferred from the long term memory, to the short term memory
Retrieval
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What is the duration of the sensory register?
Less than 1 second
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What is the capacity of the sensory register?
High
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What is the duration of the short term memory?
18 - 30 seconds
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What is the duration of the long term memory?
Lifetime
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What is the capacity of the long term?
Infinite
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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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How can we criticse the case study of Clive Wearing
Low population validity
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Why is it difficult to generalise the findings of Clive Wearing?
As other peoples memory may operate differently
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What finding from Clive Wearing is difficult to generalise to the population?
Information flows in a linear way
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Why may information in the sensory register decay?
As it is unattended to, and has a limited duration
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Why may information decay in the short term memory?
As it has not been rehearsed, and the STM has a limited duration
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Why will information not decay in the LTM?
As it has a duration that lasts a lifetime
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How can the duration of the STM be extended?
Maintenance rehearsal
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Why would information be retrieved from the LTM to the STM?
In order to give a response
