Memory: The Multi Store Model Of Memory - Coding Capacity And Duration - JWW Flashcards
What is the keyterm?
How we process information so it can be stored
Coding
What is the keyterm?
The amount of information that can be held in memory?
Capacity
What is the keyterm?
This is how long the information lasts in memory
Duration
Name the 3 memory stores
Sensory Register
STM
LTM
Name the 3 memory stores
Sensory Register
STM
LTM
Coding of the sensory register?
Modality specific
Coding of STM?
Acoustic
Coding of LTM?
Semantic
Capacity of Sensory Register
Unlimited
Capacity of STM?
7 +/- 2
5-9 items
Capacity of LTM?
Unlimited
Duration of Sensory Register?
Less than 0.5 seconds
Duration of STM?
18-30 seconds
Duration of LTM?
Potentially forever
Define Coding
How we process information
Define Capacity
The amount of information held in memory
Define Duration
How long information lasts in memory
Modality specific is seen in the?
Coding of Sensory Register
Acoustic is the?
Coding of STM
Semantic is the?
Coding of LTM
Unlimited is the?
Capacity of LTM & Sensory Register
7 +/- 2
is the?
5-9 items
Capacity of STM
Less than 0.5 seconds is the?
Duration of the Sensory Register
18-30 seconds is the?
Duration of STM
Potentially forever is the?
Duration of LTM
Who studied the Coding of STM & LTM?
Baddeley
What is the task Baddeley created to test coding in STM?
Acoustically similar word lists
Findings of Baddeley’s study into coding of STM?
Ppt had better recall of acoustically dissimilar words
What was the task Baddeley created to test coding of LTM?
Semantically similar/dissimilar word lists
Findings of Baddeley’s study into coding of LTM?
Ppt had better recall of semantically dissimilar words
Who studied capacity of STM?
Miller
Task Miller created to test capacity of STM?
Digit Span Task
Findings of Miller’s study into capacity of STM?
Ppt recalled between 5-9 digits
Who investigated Duration of STM?
Peterson & Peterson
Task created by Peterson & Peterson to test duration of STM?
Consonant Trigram
Who tested duration of the LTM?
Bahrick
Task Bahrick had ppt complete to test duration of LTM?
Recalling classmates from yearbook photos
Baddeley investigated?
Coding in the STM & LTM
Miller investigated?
Capacity of STM
Peterson & Peterson Investigated?
Duration of STM
Bahrick investigated?
Duration of LTM
Name 1 methodological issue of the studies into the coding capacity & duration of memory.
Lacks mundane realism (task)
Name 2 strengths of the methodology of the studies into coding capacity & duration of memory.
High control over EVs
High in Reliability
If the studies into C/C/D are high in reliability, what does this mean?
They can be repeated
If studies into C/C/D can be repeated, what can we check for?
Consistent findings/results
If a study lacks mundane realism, is this a criticism of the environment or task?
Task
Name 2 evaluation points used for Bahrick’s study into duration of LTM
High in mundane realism
Low control over EVs
Who created the Multi-store model of Memory?
Atkinson & Shiffrin
Atkinson & Shiffrin created the MSM or WMM?
MSM
What kind of model is the MSM meaning organised?
Structural
What are the stores of memory according to the MSM?
Unitary
How does information flow in the MSM?
Linear way
At the start of the MSM, where do we get stimuli from?
The environment
Stimuli from the environment enters what store?
Sensory Register
What are the two main types of coding in the sensory register?
Iconic (visual)
Echoic (sound)
For information to move from the sensory register to STM, what has to happen?
Pay attention
To extend the duration of STM, what is the technique?
Maintenance rehersal
How do we get information to move from the STM to LTM?
Prolonged Rehearsal
Keyterm for bringing information back from LTM to STM?
Retrieval
When information has been retrieved to the STM, what can happen?
Response/Remembering
The sensory register recieves?
Stimuli from the environment
Iconic & Echoic are the 2 main ways that the ……… code.
sensory register
Attention is needed to move information from?
Sensory register to STM
In which store can we only remember information from?
STM
Maintenance rehearsal is used to?
Extend duration of STM
Prolonged rehearsal is used to?
Move information from STM to LTM
Retrieval is the process of moving information from?
LTM to STM
Keyterm for increasing capacity of STM?
Chunking
Grouping items together to reduce the number of items is known as?
Chunking
AO3: The case study of who supports the idea of unitary stores in memory?
Clive Wearing
AO3: Who conducted research to support STM & LTM are separate stores?
Baddeley
AO3: What is the criticism of using a case study such as Clive Wearing to support the idea of the MSM?
Low population validity
AO3: If a case study has low population validity, what is it hard to do?
Generalise the results to target population
AO3: Who had poor recall for digits read aloud to him but better recall when saw digits visually supporting the idea of STM & LTM being unitary?
Patient KF
AO3: Clive greets his wife as if it’s the first time he’s seen her in years despite her being in the room seconds before supports what idea of the MSM?
He can’t transfer info from STM to LTM