Unit 5 - Memory

Question 1

Which psychological approach studies memory?

Answer 1

Cognitive Approach

Question 2

Why do we use models to study memory?

Answer 2

To understand it, because it’s not an ‘observable phenomenon’ (we can’t see memory – it’s a mental process). Models help us to infer the processes from the inputs and outputs

Question 3

Who came up with the MSM?

Answer 3

Atkinson and Shiffrin

Question 4

What does the MSM stand for?

Answer 4

Multistore model of memory

Question 5

What are the three stores of the MSM?

Answer 5

Sensory store, short term memory and long term memory

Question 6

How is information passed from STM to LTM according to the MSM?

Answer 6

Prolonged rehearsal (just rehearsing over and over)

Question 7

Identify the two types of rehearsal in the MSM

Answer 7

Maintenance (keeps info in STM) and Prolonged (moves info from STM to LTM)

Question 8

How does info pass from Sensory memory to STM according to the MSM?

Answer 8

Attention

Question 9

Give the encoding of the STM

Answer 9

Acoustic

Question 10

Give the duration of the STM

Answer 10

7+/-2

Question 11

Give the capacity of the STM

Answer 11

18 seconds

Question 12

Name one method to improve the capacity of STM

Answer 12

Chunking information together (Miller said we can hold 7+/-2 chunks)

Question 13

What did Miller find in relation to memory?

Answer 13

Miller said we can hold 7+/-2 chunks of information (Miller’s Magic Number 7)

Question 14

Give the encoding of LTM

Answer 14

Semantic

Question 15

Give the capacity of LTM

Answer 15

Unlimited capacity

Question 16

Give the duration of LTM

Answer 16

A lifetime