Multi - Store Model Flashcards
1
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Who proposed the Multi- store Model?
A
- Atkinson and Shiffrin
2
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What does MSM explain?
A
- Explained as an information processing model (like a computer) with an input, process and output
3
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What is capacity?
A
- How much information it can hold
4
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What is duration?
A
- How long does information stay in that store
5
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What is encoding?
A
- How much information is put into memory and is remembered
6
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What is forgetting?
A
- Information that cannot be retrieved
7
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What is retrieval?
A
- How we access our memories
8
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What is storage?
A
- How much information we keep in our memory
9
Q
What are the three stores of MSM?
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- Sensory Memory
- Short term Memory
- Long term memory
10
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What is sensory memory?
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- It is the perception of senses information entering our brain
11
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What is short term memory?
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- Remembers pieces of information for a short period of time
12
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What is long term memory?
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- Information is repeated over as a possible way of learning and remembering it.
13
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What is unattended information?
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- lack of concentration and focus
14
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What is attention?
A
- the concentration on the relevant information
15
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What is the capacity of sensory memory?
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- limited to 1 sensation
16
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What is the duration of sensory memory?
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- 0.5 seconds
17
Q
What is the capacity of short term memory?
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- 7 +- 2
18
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What is the duration of short term memory?
A
18 to 30 seconds
19
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What is the capacity of long term memory?
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- unlimited
20
Q
What is the duration of long term memory?
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- unlimited
21
Q
What is maintenance rehearsal?
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- involves the repetition of information in its original, unaltered form
22
Q
What is declarative memory?
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- memory for general knowledge
23
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What is procedural memory?
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- memory for skills e.g. playing piano
24
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What is episodic memory?
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- memory for events, e.g. your last birthday
25
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What is semantic memory?
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- memory for understanding concepts, e.g. the capital for France is Paris
