MSM

Question 1

What are the 3 stores of MSM

Answer 1

Sensory register
Short-term memory
Long-term memory

Question 2

What is maintainence rehersal?

Answer 2

When we repeat information to ourselves

Question 3

Give 3 negatives of the MSM

Answer 3

• There are different types of LTM: Tulving found there are procedural, semantic and episodic, this is not represented in the MSM
  T: Limited model
• MSM suggests that the amount of maintainence rehersal detirmines the likeihood of LTM: Craik and Watkins (1973) suggests that elaborative rehersal (thinking in a meaningful way) , instead of prolonged rehersal is more important
  T: Limited model
• Represents STM as unitary store:
  Shalice and Warrington found patient KF had poor recall for auditory stimuli, but fine for visual stimuli
  T: Limited model

Question 4

Give a positive of MSM

Answer 4

+ Acknowledges the differences between STM and LTM: For example the STM is coded acoustically while the LTM is coded semantically.
T: Reliable conclusions