The Multi- Store Model Flashcards
Define MSM
Representation of how memory works in terms of three stores
Sensory register, STM and LTM
Define STM
Limited capacity memory store
Define LTM
Permanent memory store, coding is semantic. It has an unlimited capacity and can store memories up to a lifetime
Who made the MSM
Atkinson and shiffrin (1968,1971)
What does the MSM explain
How memory flows through the memory system passing through 3 stores
Describe the image of the MSM
1) environmental stimulus
2) sensory register
3) stm (displacement)
4) LTM (interference)
5) rehearsal loop between stm and LTM
What is a sensory register
How many stores
Where a stimulus from the environment will pass into the sensory register.
It has several stores for the five senses
What are the two main stores in the sensory register
Iconic
Echoic
What is the duration and capacity in the sensory register
Duration - Less than half a second
Capacity - high capacity
What is the key process in the sensory register, why
Attention, to pass info onto other stores
What is the capacity in the stm
Very limited
How is stm coded
Acoustically
What is the duration of stm
Roughly 30 seconds
What allows the info to be passed onto the LTM
Maintenance rehearsal
What is the capacity in the LTM
Unlimited
