MSM of memory

Question 1

sensory register for MSM

Answer 1

receives stimulus from the environment- ionic and echoic coding. duration is brief and capacity is large

Question 2

STM for MSM

Answer 2

limited capacity and duration. coded acoustically. enough maintenance rehearsal= goes to LTM

Question 3

LTM for MSM

Answer 3

permanent memory store. unlimited capacity and duration- coded semantically. for recall, info must be transferred back to STM via retrieval

Question 4

strength- primacy effect

Answer 4

research shows ppl recall first few items better than middle items in a list as they have been rehearsed better= LTM. this supports MSM

Question 5

strength- recency effect

Answer 5

ppl remember last few items better than middle items in a list. STM= 7 items= displacement. last few words are still in STM to be recalled

Question 6

strength- Milner- HM study

Answer 6

HM had epilepsy= hippocampus removed. this reduced seizures but caused memory loss- could form short term but not long term memories. this supports separate memory stores

Question 7

weakness- lacks ecological validity

Answer 7

in the model, info goes from STM to LTM via rehearsal, but in reality, ppl dont spend their time rehearsing but info is still transferred= rehearsal not always needed

Question 8

weakness- oversimplified model

Answer 8

assumes there is only 1 long term store and 1 short term store. this has been disproved by brain damaged patients= diff short and long term stores