Multi-store model of memory Flashcards
1
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who created the multi store model
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Atkinson and Shiffrin (1968, 1971)
2
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what does the multi store model show
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how info flows through the memory
3
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sensory register
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- stimulus from the environment will pass on to sensory register
- two main stores : iconic (visual) and echoic memory (acoustic)
-high capacity - duration = less than half a second
- if memory is paid attention to, the memory will move on to STM
4
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short term memory (STM)
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- only contain certain number of things before forgetting occurs
- capacity - 7+/-2
- info coded acoustically
- curation - 18 - 30 seconds
- if info is rehearsed, it moves to LTM
5
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long term memory (LTM)
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-unlimited capacity
- coded semantically (meaning)
- if recalled, it has to pass back through STM (retrieval).
6
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MSM - evaluation - supporting research evidence
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- MSM’s views that STM and LTM stores are separate - supported by research studies
- Badelley found we mix up similar sounding words when using STM, but words with similar meanings when using LTM
7
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MSM -evaluation - there is more than one type of STM
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- MSM states there is only one type of STM, but those with amnesia show this cannot be true
- Shallice and Warrington (1970) found patients STM for digits was poor when read out to him, but good when he read them to himself
8
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MSM -evaluation - there is more than on type of rehearsal
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- according to MSM, the more you rehearse something the better you will remember it - as it will move to LTM
- Craik and Watkins (1973) state what really matter is the type of rehearsal - maintenance or elaborative. maintenance does not transfer info to LTM but elaborative does.
9
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MSM - evaluation - artificial methods
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- we form memories every day for useful things such as names, faces and facts
- a lot of these studies use digits, letters or words with no meaning to participant.
10
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MSM - evaluation - there is more than one type of LTM
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- research proves there are multiple LTM stores
