Multi-Store Model

Question 1

What are the three memory stores?

Answer 1

Sensory store, short-term store, long-term store.

Question 2

How does memory leave the sensory store?

Answer 2

Decay, or being transferred to the short-term store with attention.

Question 3

How does memory leave the short-term store?

Answer 3

Decay, displacement, or being transferred to the long-term store.

Question 4

How does memory leave the long-term store?

Answer 4

Decay, retrieval failure, or being transferred to the short-term store with retrieval.

Question 5

What is semantic memory?

Answer 5

Long-term memory of facts.

Question 6

How long/how much can be held in the sensory store?

Answer 6

Information is held for 2 seconds, and it has very limited capacity.

Question 7

How long/how much can be held in the short-term store?

Answer 7

15-30 seconds, can hold about 5-9 items.

Question 8

How long/how much can be held in the long-term store?

Answer 8

Can stay potentially forever, and unlimited amounts can be held.

Question 9

What are some criticisms of the Multi-Store Model?

Answer 9

Over-generalises, seeing human brains as machines, emphasises the role of rehearsal, doesn’t recognise multiple long-term stores.