Multi Store Model of Memory

Question 1

Who proposed the multi store model of memory?

Answer 1

Atkinson and Shiffrin (1968)

Question 2

What are the 3 main memory stores?

Answer 2

Sensory memory
STM
LTM

Question 3

How does the sensory store receive information?

Answer 3

Via a stimulus in the environment received by the senses
E.g eyes, ears, fingertips, nose

Question 4

Does each sense have its own register?

Answer 4

Yes

Question 5

What are the 2 main stores in the sensory memory?

Answer 5

Iconic memory (visual information)
Echoic memory (auditory information)

Question 6

How is information moved from the sensory memory to the STM?

Answer 6

Attention

Question 7

What happens if attention does not happen in the sensory memory?

Answer 7

Decay (forgetting)

Question 8

What is the capacity of the STM?

Answer 8

5-9 items

Question 9

What is the duration of the STM?

Answer 9

Less than 30 seconds

Question 10

How is STM coded?

Answer 10

Acoustically

Question 11

How does information transfer from the STM to LTM?

Answer 11

Maintenance rehearsal

Question 12

What happens if there’s too much information stored in the STM?

Answer 12

Items will be displaced (pushed out)

Question 13

What is the capacity of LTM?

Answer 13

Unlimited

Question 14

What is the duration of LTM?

Answer 14

Up to a lifetime

Question 15

How is LTM coded?

Answer 15

Semantically

Question 16

How is information stored in the LTM?

Answer 16

Prolonged rehearsal

Question 17

What is retrieval?

Answer 17

The process of getting information involves the information passing back through STM to be used