the multi-store model

Question 1

strength:there is research support for the multi-store model

Answer 1

E:e.g. baddeley found in his study that participants made more errors when recalling acoustically similar words if they were tested immediately but made more errors with semantically similar words when testes after 20 mins
E:this supports the MSM as it shows that short term and long term memories are coded and stored differently. the fact that they stores stem and ltm differenty provides evidence that there are different memory stores rather than a single memory store .
L:therefore baqddleys study provides support for the claim that there are multiple stores.

Question 2

limitation:much of its supporting research lacks ecological validity

Answer 2

E:this is demonstrated in baddleys research where participants were made to learn random lists of words in a controlled environment
E:it is uncommon to read artificially generated lists in real life . it is more common to learn information with meaning .so the participant may behave unaturally due to the artificial nature of the study .therefore, it is unwise to generalise its findings to the real world.
L:overall the weak ecological validity of supporting research may undermine the theoretical model for memories value