Memory: The Multi Store Model Of Memory - Coding Capacity And Duration - JWW Flashcards

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1
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What is the keyterm?
How we process information so it can be stored

A

Coding

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What is the keyterm?
The amount of information that can be held in memory?

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Capacity

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What is the keyterm?
This is how long the information lasts in memory

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Duration

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4
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Name the 3 memory stores

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Sensory Register

STM

LTM

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Name the 3 memory stores

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Sensory Register

STM

LTM

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Coding of the sensory register?

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Modality specific

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Coding of STM?

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Acoustic

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Coding of LTM?

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Semantic

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Capacity of Sensory Register

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Unlimited

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Capacity of STM?

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7 +/- 2

5-9 items

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Capacity of LTM?

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Unlimited

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Duration of Sensory Register?

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Less than 0.5 seconds

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Duration of STM?

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18-30 seconds

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Duration of LTM?

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Potentially a lifetime

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15
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Define Coding

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How we process information

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16
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Define Capacity

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The amount of information held in memory

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17
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Define Duration

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How long information lasts in memory

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18
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Modality specific is seen in the?

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Coding of Sensory Register

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Acoustic is the?

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Coding of STM

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Semantic is the?

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Coding of LTM

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Unlimited is the?

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Capacity of LTM & Sensory Register

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22
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7 +/- 2
is the?
5-9 items

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Capacity of STM

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23
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Less than 0.5 seconds is the?

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Duration of the Sensory Register

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18-30 seconds is the?

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Duration of STM

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25
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Potentially forever is the?

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Duration of LTM

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26
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Who studied the Coding of STM & LTM?

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Baddeley

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What is the task Baddeley created to test coding in STM?

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Acoustically similar word lists

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Findings of Baddeley’s study into coding of STM?

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Ppt had better recall of acoustically dissimilar words

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What was the task Baddeley created to test coding of LTM?

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Semantically similar/dissimilar word lists

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Findings of Baddeley’s study into coding of LTM?

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Ppt had better recall of semantically dissimilar words

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Who studied capacity of STM?

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Miller

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Task Miller created to test capacity of STM?

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Digit Span Task

33
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Findings of Miller’s study into capacity of STM?

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Ppt recalled between 5-9 digits

34
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Who investigated Duration of STM?

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Peterson & Peterson

35
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Task created by Peterson & Peterson to test duration of STM?

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Consonant Trigram

36
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Who tested duration of the LTM?

A

Bahrick

37
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Task Bahrick had ppt complete to test duration of LTM?

A

Recalling classmates from yearbook photos

38
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Baddeley investigated?

A

Coding in the STM & LTM

39
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Miller investigated?

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Capacity of STM

40
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Peterson & Peterson Investigated?

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Duration of STM

41
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Bahrick investigated?

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Duration of LTM

42
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Name 1 methodological issue of the studies into the coding capacity & duration of memory.

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Lacks mundane realism (task)

43
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Name 2 strengths of the methodology of the studies into coding capacity & duration of memory.

A

High control over EVs

High in Reliability

44
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If the studies into C/C/D are high in reliability, what does this mean?

A

They can be repeated

45
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If studies into C/C/D can be repeated, what can we check for?

A

Consistent findings/results

46
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If a study lacks mundane realism, is this a criticism of the environment or task?

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Task

47
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Name 2 evaluation points used for Bahrick’s study into duration of LTM

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High in mundane realism

Low control over EVs

48
Q

Who created the Multi-store model of Memory?

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Atkinson & Shiffrin

49
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Atkinson & Shiffrin created the MSM or WMM?

A

MSM

50
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What kind of model is the MSM meaning organised?

A

Structural

51
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What are the stores of memory according to the MSM?

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Unitary

52
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How does information flow in the MSM?

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Linear way

53
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At the start of the MSM, where do we get stimuli from?

A

The environment

54
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Stimuli from the environment enters what store?

A

Sensory Register

55
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What are the two main types of coding in the sensory register?

A

Iconic (visual)

Echoic (sound)

56
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For information to move from the sensory register to STM, what has to happen?

A

Pay attention

57
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To extend the duration of STM, what is the technique?

A

Maintenance rehersal

58
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How do we get information to move from the STM to LTM?

A

Prolonged Rehearsal

59
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Keyterm for bringing information back from LTM to STM?

A

Retrieval

60
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When information has been retrieved to the STM, what can happen?

A

Response/Remembering

61
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The sensory register recieves?

A

Stimuli from the environment

62
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Iconic & Echoic are the 2 main ways that the ……… code.

A

sensory register

63
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Attention is needed to move information from?

A

Sensory register to STM

64
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In which store can we only remember information from?

A

STM

65
Q

Maintenance rehearsal is used to?

A

Extend duration of STM

66
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Prolonged rehearsal is used to?

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Move information from STM to LTM

67
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Retrieval is the process of moving information from?

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LTM to STM

68
Q

Keyterm for increasing capacity of STM?

A

Chunking

69
Q

Grouping items together to reduce the number of items is known as?

A

Chunking

70
Q

AO3: The case study of who supports the idea of unitary stores in memory?

A

Clive Wearing

71
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AO3: Who conducted research to support STM & LTM are separate stores?

A

Baddeley

72
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AO3: What is the criticism of using a case study such as Clive Wearing to support the idea of the MSM?

A

Low population validity

73
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AO3: If a case study has low population validity, what is it hard to do?

A

Generalise the results to target population

74
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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?

A

Patient KF

75
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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?

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He can’t transfer info from STM to LTM