Multi store model

Question 1

What is memory?

Answer 1

A process of encoding, storing and retrieving information.

Question 2

Who proposed the Multi-store model?

Answer 2

Atkinson and Shiffrin (1968, 1971)

Question 3

What does the MSM propose?

Answer 3

Info flows through a series of stores in memory

Question 4

What are the stages of the MSM in order?

Answer 4

Environmental input
Sensory memory
Short term memory
Long term memory

Question 5

What is environmental input

Answer 5

Anything that is seen, felt or heard

Question 6

What sense does echoic relate to?

Answer 6

Hearing

Question 7

What sense does haptic relate to?

Answer 7

Touch

Question 8

What sense does iconic relate to?

Answer 8

Sight

Question 9

What must happen between sensory memory and short term memory?

Answer 9

ATTENTION

Question 10

What must happen between short term and long term memory?

Answer 10

REHEARSAL

Question 11

What is the capacity of the sensory memory?

Answer 11

Lots

Question 12

What is the capacity of the short term memory?

Answer 12

5-9 items

Question 13

What is the capacity of the long term memory?

Answer 13

Potentially unlimited

Question 14

What is the duration of the sensory memory?

Answer 14

Milliseconds

Question 15

What is the duration of the short term memory?

Answer 15

18-30 seconds

Question 16

What is the duration of the long term memory?

Answer 16

Potentially forever

Question 17

How is info encoded into the sensory memory?

Answer 17

Sense specific

Question 18

How is info encoded into the short term memory?

Answer 18

Acoustically

Question 19

How is info encoded into the long term memory?

Answer 19

Semantically