Research for and against the Multi-store Model Flashcards

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What case study can be used to both support and challenge the MSM?

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Shallice and Warrington’s case study of K.F.

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How was K.F’s memory impaired?

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As a result of a motorbike accident.

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What effect did K.F’s accident have on his short term memory that supports the MSM?

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He had a reduced capacity (1-2 digits).

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What effect did K.F’s accident have on his long term memory that supports the MSM?

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His LTM was normal.

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Why does K.F’s case study support the MSM?

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It supports the acknowledgement that the STM and LTM are stored in separate areas of the brain.

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What effect did K.F’s accident have on his short term memory that challenges the MSM?

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Deficits in STM were for verbal info only, his STM for visual and acoustic material was normal.

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Why does K.F’s easy study challenge the STM?

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It disproves that the STM is all stored in one store rather than spread out in sections such as verbal, visual and acoustic.

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What is the second case study that can be used to both support and challenge the MSM?

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Blakemore (1988)’s case study of Clive Wearing.

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What happened to Clive Wearing that affected his LTM?

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He had an HIV virus that destroyed part of his brain.

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How much LTM does Clive Wearing have?

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Virtually none although he can play music and remembers his wife Deborah.

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