Memory Retrieval Questions Flashcards
According to the MSMM what are the 3 memory stores?
1-Sensory register
2-STM
3-LTM
In Jacobs’ study into the capacity of memory, what was remembered better digits or letters?
digits
In Peterson & Peterson’s study, what % of trigrams were recalled after 18 seconds?
10%
In Baddeley’s study on coding, when testing STM, which words did p’s make the most errors on?
Acoustically similar words
According to the MSMM what 2 ways can we forget from STM?
1-Decay
2-Displacement
How do STM <M differ in terms of coding?
STM = Acoustically
LTM = Semantically
Why is the MSMM accused of being too simplistic?
Assumes that LTM is only one single store
Why was the case of KF supporting evidence for the MSMM?
His STM was damaged but his LTM was intact showing that they are two separate stores
What are the two ways to forget from LTM?
1-Retrieval Failure
2-Interference
Does the sensory register have a large or limited capacity?
Large
What is the duration of the sensory register?
Fractions of a second
How does information pass from the sensory register to the STM?
Through attention
How does information pass from STM to LTM?
Prolonged rehearsal
Which store of the MSMM does not use one type but is modality specific?
Sensory register
Who proposed the MSMM?
Atkinson & Shiffrin
Who proposed the WMM?
Baddeley and Hitch
Which store of the WMM was added later?
Episodic Buffer
Why did the WMM criticise the MSMM?
It questioned the notion of a single STM store
What are the two branches of the phonological loop?
1-Phonological store
2-Articulatory control system
Working Memory focuses on what type of memory?
STM
How many slave systems are part of the WMM?
3
Name the 3 slave systems?
1-Episodic buffer
2-Visuo-spatial sketch pad
3-Phonological loop
What component of the WMM integrates information from the other stores and provides a link to LTM?
Episodic buffer
How does the case of KF supports the WMM?
He had poor STM for verbal information but had normal STM for visual information