The Multi-store Model of Memory Flashcards
1
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What are the features of the sensory register?
A
- All stimuli from the environment passes through the sensory register
- High capacity
- Information passes further into the memory system only if you pay attention to it
2
Q
What was Sperling’s (1960) study on the sensory store?
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- Participants saw a grid of digits for 50 milliseconds and they would either write down all 12 or hear a tone immediately after and would have to recall a particular row
- 42% recalled the whole thing (5 items)
- 75% recalled one row (3 items)
- Suggests the sensory memory cannot hold information for long and it rapidly decays in the sensory store, which supports the existence of the sensory store
3
Q
What was Glazer and Cunitz’s (1966) study?
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- Showed participants a list of 20 words and were asked to recall them (serial positional effect)
- Composed of primary and recency effect
4
Q
What is primary effect?
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The tendency to remember the first 5 words at the beginning of a list
5
Q
What is recency effect?
A
The tendency for people to remember the last 5 words at the end of a list
6
Q
How does Glanzer and Cunitz’s study support MSM?
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- Primary effect occurs because the first words are best rehearsed and transferred to the LTM
- Recency effect occurs because the last words are presented so they are fresh and in STM at the start of recall
7
Q
Who created the multi-store model of memory?
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Atkinson and Shiffrin (1968)
8
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What are the features of the multi-store model of memory?
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Environmental stimuli - sensory register (forgotten or) attention - short term memory (forgotten if not rehearsed) consolidation - long term memory (forgotten) retrieval - short term memory
