The Multi Store Model Of Memory Flashcards
What is the multi store model of memory?
A cognitive theoretical model that represent the processes of memory.
Who devised the first model of memory?
Atkinson and Shiffrin (1968).
What is SR?
Sensory Register.
What is STM?
Short-Term Memory.
What is LTM?
Long-Term Memory.
How does memory move from SR -> STM?
Attention.
How does memory move from STM -> LTM?
Rehearsal.
How does memory move from LTM -> STM?
Retrieval.
What was the aim of Shallice and Warrington (1968)?
To investigate the relationship between STM and LTM (when STM is impaired).
What was the method of Shallice and Warrington (1968)?
A case study was conducted on Patient KF, who had gotten brain damage through a motorcycle accident. Researchers conducted memory recall tasks (words and numbers).
What were the results of Shallice and Warrington (1968)?
Oral tests: KF forgot a lot of words/numbers.
Visual tests: KF remembered a lot of words/numbers.
What was the conclusion of Shallice and Warrington (1968)?
It implies two different memory stores.
The hippocampus plays a major role in ________.
Memory.
What two people were used for case studies for brain scans?
-HM.
-Clive Wearing (CW).
What did HM and CW have in common?
A damaged hippocampus.
How did HM have his hippocampus damaged?
Operation.
How did CW have his hippocampus damaged?
Herpes virus.
What about HM remained intact?
Personality and intellect.
What about CW remained intact?
Intellect and ability to play piano.
Could either HM or CW form new LTM?
No.
How do brain scans back up the existence of different stores for different memories?
Brain scans show which parts of the brain are being used when certain tasks are carried out.
What are evaluation points for the multi store model of memory?
-The model ignores factors like motivation and ability to learn.
-Oversimplified:
WMM shows that STM is a lot more complex than MSM allows for (Shallice & Warrington).
There are different types of LTM (episodic, procedural and semantic) that the model does not account for.
