Memory - Structures: The multi - store model

Question 1

what is the model?

Answer 1

it explains how memory works. it consists of three different kinds of memory and an explanation about how information moves from one store to another

Question 2

What is Sensory memory?

Answer 2

Holds information from the senses for a short time and has a large capacity. Paying attention to information transfers it to the STM.

Question 5

What is STM? ( Short Term Memory )

Answer 5

Temporary memory store with a limited capacity of between five and nine items or chunks of information, lasting up to 30 seconds.

Question 6

what is LTM? ( Long Term Memory )

Answer 6

Encoded by meaning, this is a permanent memory store with an unlimited capacity and information can be stored up to a lifetime.

Question 6

what is the Role of rehearsal?

Answer 6

Verbal repetition (rehearsal) keeps information in STM.
If information is rehearsed for long enough it is transferred into LTM.

Question 7

Research support

Answer 7

A strength is that there is support for the existence of different memory stores.
Baddeley’s study of encoding shows that STM and LTM encode information differently.
This shows the two types of memory have qualitative differences

Question 8

Simple model

Answer 8

A weakness is the model is too simple as it suggests we only have one STM and one LTM.
Research shows STM is divided into visual and acoustic stores, and LTM into episodic, semantic and procedural memory.
So, memory is more complex than the model proposes