Msm Model Flashcards
1
Q
Who created the MSM model?
A
Atkinson and Shiffrin
2
Q
What is the MSM?
A
Three stores of remembering information- sensory memory, short term memory and long term memory
Each have a different capacity, duration and coding
3
Q
What is chunking?
A
Organising information in groups to remember it
4
Q
What is encoding?
A
The conversion of information into codes: visual, auditory, semantic
5
Q
What is semantic coding?
A
Converting information according to meaning
6
Q
What is storage?
A
The retention of information over a period of time
7
Q
What is retrieval?
A
Recovering info that has been stored.
8
Q
What is the short term sensory store?
A
- info from stimuli enters the brain
- filtering takes place in the stimulus identification stage
- info stored for between 1/4 and 1 second before it is filtered
- selective attention takes place in the ST sensory stores
9
Q
What is the short term memory?
A
- working memory
- around 7 pieces of info held
- only held for 30 seconds
- to extend the time, rehearsal used via imagery or sub verbal repetition
- info can be held via chunking
- if info is important and rehearsed, it can be passed into the LT memory
- if info is not important or isn’t rehearsed it is usually lost as it doesn’t go into the LT memory
10
Q
What is the long term memory?
A
- limitless capacity
- stores info for a long time
- info is stored in LT memory by associating it with other info
- meaningless info is not stored for long periods of time
- motor programmes stored in the LT memory as they have been rehearsed many times
- the process of continued rehearsal leads to it being automatic
- learning by rehearsal is often referred to as over learning
11
Q
What are the advantages of the MSM model?
A
- simplifies the memory process to aid understanding
- explains how those with brain damage may have dysfunctional memory
12
Q
What are the disadvantages of the MSM model?
A
- too simplified
- doesn’t prove the distinction or explain the interaction between ST and LT memory
