The Multi-store model

Question 1

What is the capacity of STM?

Answer 1

7 +/- 2

Question 2

What is the capacity of LTM?

Answer 2

Unlimited

Question 3

What is the capacity of sensory register?

Answer 3

Very large - all sensory experience

Question 4

What is the duration of STM?

Answer 4

18 seconds

Question 5

What is the duration of LTM?

Answer 5

Potentially a lifetime

Question 6

What is the duration of sensory register?

Answer 6

1/4 to 1/2 a second

Question 7

How is STM coded?

Answer 7

Acoustically

Question 8

How is LTM coded?

Answer 8

Semantically

Question 9

How is the sensory register coded?

Answer 9

It is sense specific

Question 10

Who researched the capacity of STM?

Answer 10

Miller (1956)

Question 11

Who researched duration of STM?

Answer 11

Peterson & Peterson (1959)

Question 12

Who researched duration of LTM?

Answer 12

Bahrick et al (1975)

Question 13

Who research coding of STM and LTM?

Answer 13

Baddeley (1966)

Question 14

Which components make up the Multi-store model?

Answer 14

Sensory store, short term memory and long term memory

Question 15

Which case study can be used to criticise the MSM?

Answer 15

KF

Question 16

Which case study can be used to support the MSM?

Answer 16

HM

Question 17

What are flashbulb memories and do they support or limit the MSM?

Answer 17

Limit - A flashbulb memory is an accurate and exceptionally vivid long-lasting memory for the circumstances surrounding learning about a dramatic event.

Question 18

How can the MSM oversimplify memory?

Answer 18

More than one type of LTM and more than one type of rehearsal

Question 19

Who provides supporting evidence for the MSM?

Answer 19

Baddeley / Glanzer & Cunitz - STM and LTM are distinct separate stores

Question 20

How can the studies into coding, capacity and duration be criticised?

Answer 20

Lack ecological validity, artificial stimuli, lack of control for confounding variables