Multi - Store Model Flashcards
1
Q
Who proposed the Multi- store Model?
A
- Atkinson and Shiffrin
2
Q
What does MSM explain?
A
- Explained as an information processing model (like a computer) with an input, process and output
3
Q
What is capacity?
A
- How much information it can hold
4
Q
What is duration?
A
- How long does information stay in that store
5
Q
What is encoding?
A
- How much information is put into memory and is remembered
6
Q
What is forgetting?
A
- Information that cannot be retrieved
7
Q
What is retrieval?
A
- How we access our memories
8
Q
What is storage?
A
- How much information we keep in our memory
9
Q
What are the three stores of MSM?
A
- Sensory Memory
- Short term Memory
- Long term memory
10
Q
What is sensory memory?
A
- It is the perception of senses information entering our brain
11
Q
What is short term memory?
A
- Remembers pieces of information for a short period of time
12
Q
What is long term memory?
A
- Information is repeated over as a possible way of learning and remembering it.
13
Q
What is unattended information?
A
- lack of concentration and focus
14
Q
What is attention?
A
- the concentration on the relevant information
15
Q
What is the capacity of sensory memory?
A
- limited to 1 sensation
