MSM

Question 1

The multistore model of memory was proposed by

Answer 1

Atkinson and Shiffrin

Question 2

What type of model is it

Answer 2

a structural model

Question 3

what three stores does it consist of?

Answer 3

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

Question 4

STM and LTM are both…..

Answer 4

Both STM and LTM are unitary stores

Question 5

Sensory memory

Answer 5

Sensory memory is the information you get from your sense, your eyes and ears. When attention is paid to something in the environment it is then converted to short-term memory.

Question 6

Information from the short-term memory is……..

Answer 6

Information from the short-term memory is transferred to the long-term memory only if that information is rehearsed

Question 7

Maintenance rehearsal is………….

Answer 7

Maintenance rehearsal is repetition that keeps information in STM but eventually such repetition will create a LTM.

Question 8

If maintenance rehearsal (repetition) does not occur……..

Answer 8

If maintenance rehearsal (repetition) does not occur, then information is forgotten, and lost from short term memory through the processes of displacement or decay.