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What are the three serperate stores in the MSM?
1) sensory memory 2) STM 3) LTM
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What is the capacity, duration an d encoding of the STM?
Capacity: 7 +/- 2 items. Duration: 30 seconds. Encoding: acoustic.
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What is the capacity, duration an d encoding of the LTM?
Capacity: Unlimited. Duration: Unlimited. Encoding: Semantic.
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Give two strenghts of the MSM
1) Large amount of research evidence supporting STM/LTM distinction. 2) Brain scanning techniques have shown different areas of the brain activated in STM and LTM tasks.
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Give two weaknesses of the MSM
1) There are many techniques to improve memory that do not depend on rehearsal. 2) Memories for shocking events may have been shown to imprint directly into LTM without rehearsal.
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Name the 7 different components of the WMM
1) Central executive 2) Phonological loop 3) Phonological sotre 4) Articulatory loop 5) Visuo-spatial sketchpad 6) Visu al cache 7) Inner scribe
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State three different designs.
1) Repreated measures 2) Independant groups 3) Matched participants
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Capacity: 7 +/- 2 items. Duration: 30 seconds. Encoding: acoustic.

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