multistore model of memory

Question 1

what are the three memory stores

Answer 1

sensory store

short term memory

long term memory

Question 2

explain the sensory store

Answer 2

This store takes in information from our senses and retains it for a very brief time

Question 3

according to the model how is information from the sensory store passed onto the short term memory

Answer 3

According to the model, information from the sensory store is encoded to short-term memory if we pay attention to it. If we do not pay attention then the information will be forgotten.

Question 4

what are the sensory registers

Answer 4

gustatory- taste

olfactory- smell

tactile- touch

Question 5

what is the evidence for this theory

Answer 5

serial position curve

Question 6

what is the serial position curve

Answer 6

The serial position curve is based on research by Murdock.

Question 7

explain the serial position curve

Answer 7

In this study, participants were read lists of random words.
Regardless of the length of the list or the speed with which items were read out, participants remembered more items from the beginning and end of each list.

Question 8

what types of effects are there for for this theory

Answer 8

The primacy effect: where people remember more items from the beginning of a list.
The recency effect: where people remember more items from the end of a list.

Answer 9

The primacy effect: where people remember more items from the beginning of a list.
The recency effect: where people remember more items from the end of a list.