Multi-store Memory Model Flashcards
What are the three stores within the model?
Short term sensory store
Short term memory store
Long term memory store
What is the capacity of the STSS?
Limitless
What is the capacity of the short term memory store?
7 plus or minus 2
5-9
What is the capacity of the long term memory store?
Limitless
What is the duration of the STSS?
250m/s up to one second
What is the duration of the short term memory store?
18 to 30 seconds
What is the duration of the long term memory store?
Permanent
Description of the STSS
Receives all stimuli from sense
Selective attention is used to focus on certain things or ignore
Info focused on is passed to the short term memory store
Description of the short term memory store
The working memory store
Decision making occurs = perception, judgement, interpretation
Description of the long term memory store
can recognise info from STM and decodes info back to STM
Stores motor programmes (skills)
How is info encoded to the LTM from STM?
Through rehearsal
How is info passed from the LTM to STM?
Through retrieval
How can capacity of the STM be increased?
Chunking
What does rehearsal lead to from LTM?
Quick retrieval
When is info more likely to be encoded into the LTM?
When it is meaningful