Multi-Store Memory Model Flashcards
Who was it by and when?
Atkinson and Shiffrin (1968)
What is the sensory register?
inputting information via the senses
What is Short-Term memory store?
information which you pay attention to and rehearse (auditory)
What is Long term Memory store?
Holding information semantically (according to meaning), auditory and visually
capacity of sensory register?
10 items
Capacity of STM?
5-9 Items
Capacity of LTM?
no limit
Duration of sensory register?
2 seconds
Duration of STM?
15-30 seconds
Duration of LTM?
forever
How does information go from sensory register to STM?
attention
How does information go from STM to LTM?
rehearsal
What is the order of MSMM?
Sensory memory > STM > LTM
Supporting Evidence
Murdock (1962) found that recall was higher for the words at the beginning (sent to LTM) and the end of the list (still in STM), with words in the middle more often forgotten (displacement).
This supports MSM as it shows that memory has two distinct stores, STM and LTM.
Critical Evidence
Bartlett’s reconstructive memory suggests that that memory is one single store that we can later retrieve information from. This suggests MSM may be unnecessarily complex by creating different memory stores like STM and LTM with different functions.
