Multi store model of memory

Question 1

What is the multi store model of memory?

Answer 1

Describes how info flows through sensory, STM and LTM

Question 2

Parts of multi store model in order

Answer 2

Environmental Stimuli
Sensory Register
Short Term memory
Long Term memory

Question 3

What is maintenance rehearsal?

Answer 3

Info being repeated

Question 4

What is elaborative rehearsal?

Answer 4

Info being given meaning

Question 5

What is the encoding of sensory register?

Answer 5

Modality specific (depends on sense organ)

Question 6

Capacity of sensory register?

Answer 6

Very large, potentially unlimited

Question 7

Duration of sensory register?

Answer 7

usually very short (250ms)

Question 8

What is the encoding of STM

Answer 8

Acoustic

Question 9

What is the capacity of STM

Answer 9

5-9 items

Question 10

Duration of STM?

Answer 10

short- 18 seconds

Question 11

Coding for LTM

Answer 11

Semantic

Question 12

Capacity of LTM

Answer 12

potentially unlimited

Question 13

Duration of LTM

Answer 13

potentially a lifetime

Question 14

Strengths of multistore model

Answer 14

Significant amount of evidence to suggest STM and LTM are separate. (Clive wearing case study)

Millers study also investigated STM and showed it was 5-9 items

Question 15

Weakness of multistore model

Answer 15

Too simplistic. LTM isn’t just one store and STM is too simplistic, working memory used to explain how we process visual and auditory info in STM