MSM

Question 1

Introduce the MSM

Answer 1

Atkinson (1968) multi store model is a model suggesting how information flows through several stores, linked by processing

Question 2

Describe the sensory register

Answer 2

• A stimulus from the environment into the either iconic memory(for visual info) or echoic memory (sound info coded acoustically)
• Duration is less than half a second
• only what you pay attention to will pass further into memory

Question 3

Describe the WMM STM

Answer 3

• can only remember a certain number of things before forgetting takes place
• can hold around 7+/- 2 items
• coded acoustically
• lasts about 30 seconds unless rehearsed

Question 4

Describe the WMM long term memory

Answer 4

-potentially permanent store for info that has been rehearsed enough
-capacity and duration are unlimited
Coded semantically
-when recalling has to be recalled back to the STM by a process called RETRIEVAL

Question 5

Supporting evidence for WMM

Answer 5

Baddely found that we tend to mix up words that sound similar when using STM and that we me up words that are semantically Duffy when using LTM
- clearly shows coding in STM is acoustic and semantic in LTM

Question 6

Evidence against WMM

Answer 6

The MSM states that the STM is a unitary store however Warrington study of KF shows STM has multiple parts