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Multi Store Model Of Memory Flashcards

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who proposed the MSM?

A

Atkinson and Shiffrin, describes how info flows through our memory system

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where do all the stimuli in the environment pass through?

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passes into the sensory register

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what is the coding of the sensory register?

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modality(depends on sense)

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what is the store coding for visual information?

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iconic memory

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what is the store coding for acoustic information?

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echoic information

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what is the duration of the sensory register?

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less than half a second

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what is the capacity of the sensory register?

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high capacity

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how does information move from the sensory register to the short term memory?

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pay attention to it

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how is information coded into the short term memory?

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acoustically

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how long is the duration of short term memory?

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18 seconds

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what is the capacity of short term memory?

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7 plus or minus 2

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what is maintenance rehearsal?

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repeat information to ourselves over and over and this keeps the information in the STM

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what keeps information in the STM?

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maintenance rehearsal

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how do we move information from the STM to LTM?

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prolonged rehearsal

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what is it when we get information from the STM?

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response, remembering

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how is information coded into the long term memory?

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semantically

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what is the duration of LTM?

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lasts up to a lifetime

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what is the capacity of the LTM?

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unlimited

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how do we get information from the LTM back to STM?

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retrieval

20
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what are the evaluations of MSM?

A

+ studies support STM and LTM are different
- there is evidence of more than one STM
- prolonged rehearsal is not needed to transfer info to the LTM

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