The Multi-store Model Flashcards
who developed the MSM?
Atkinson and Shiffrin (1968)
what does the sensory register do?
separates sensory registers for each sense :
ionic and echoic memory
has a large capacity, duration of milliseconds
what is ionic memory?
visual information coded visually
what is echoic memory?
auditory information coded acoustically
what studies support the MSM?
Clive Wearing
Ebbinghaus
Beardsly
what did Ebbinghaus study?
the primacy and recency effect
what is the primacy effect?
people show enhanced memory for items presented at the beginning of a list compared to in the middle of a list
what is the recency effect?
a cognitive bias where items, ideas or arguments that come last are remembered most clearly
what did Beardsly (1994) study?
found prefrontal cortex activity during tasks requiring STM, but not for tasks involving LTM
what are strengths of the MSM?
gives a good understanding of the structure and processes of STM
generated research into memory
many studies give evidence of the distinction between STM and LTM
the model accounts for primacy and recency effects
case study evidence - HM
what are the limitations of the MSM?
oversimplified
suggests STM and LTM operate in a singular uniform fashion
WMM shows STM is more complex
unlikely LTM is stored in a single LTM store
rehearsal is not as necessary as suggested
neglects process of memory
passive one way linear model
