Multi-Store Memory Model (MSM)

Question 1

Who created the Multi-Store Memory model

Answer 1

Atkinson and Shiffrin (1968)

Question 2

What’s the first part of the MSM, and how is it transferred into the next store

Answer 2

Sensory Information, through paying attention.

Question 3

After Sensory information is attained, whats the next store in the MSM

Answer 3

The sensory register (SR)

Question 4

what type of rehearsal transfers memories from the Sensory Register to the next memory store

Answer 4

Maintenance rehearsal

Question 5

What is the third store in the MSM

Answer 5

Short term Memory

Question 6

What’s the final store in the MSM and how is it transferred from the Short Term Memory (STM)

Answer 6

Long term memory, it’s transferred from the STM through consolidation and prolonged rehearsal

Question 7

How is the Sensory Register coded

Answer 7

It’s modality specific, iconic (visual) and echoic (acoustic)

Question 8

What’s the Capacity of the sensory register

Answer 8

It’s high due to the volume of information we are presented with at any time.

Question 9

whats the duration of the sensory register

Answer 9

5 seconds

Question 10

What did Carib and Watson say about rehearsal (weakness of the MSM)

Answer 10

They said rehearsal is not always enough for the LTM, and they want to introduce elaborate rehearsal (linking it to existing memories) as its more useful to the LTM

Question 11

Shallice and Wellington, what did they criticise about the MSM (weakness)

Answer 11

They had a client called (KF) who had amnesia. They say that the MSM doesn’t go into enough detail on the STM and they proposed that the STM has different visual and auditory stores.

Question 12

What study did murdock (1962) do to help increase the validity of the MSM

Answer 12

He investigated serial position effect. This helped show that memories are stored in different placers. The results produced primacy and recency effects. This supports the validity of the MSM