Memory : Multi Story Memory Model

Question 1

The multi-store model of memory makes a distinction between the separate stores of…

Answer 1

sensory register, short-term memory (STM) and long term memory (LTM)

Question 2

Multi store model info stored in LTM

Answer 2

environment -> senses -> sensory register -> memory system.

Question 3

Through the process of … some information from the sensory register is picked up and passes through to STM

Answer 3

Attention

Question 4

Info can be kept in the STM indefinitely through … …

Answer 4

Maintenance rehearsal

Question 5

Maintenance rehearsal allows for material to…

Answer 5

Remain in the STM which only has a limited capacity and duration.

Question 6

Thinking about the meaning of info (… …) in the STM allows for the information to become…

Answer 6

(elaborative rehearsal) - coded semantically and passes to the long term store which has an unlimited capacity.

Question 7

Key claims of model: 1 …

Answer 7

Each store is unitary

Question 8

Key claims of model: 2 …

Answer 8

Each store is separate