Multi-Store Model of Memory

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How many stores does the Multi-Store Model of Memory have, and what are their names?
Three - sensory register, short-term memory (STM) store and long-term memory (LTM) store
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Who proposed this theory?
Richard Atkinson and Richard Shiffrin
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What is the sensory register?
The memory store for our senses. Its duration is less than half a second, but they have a high capacity
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What is the key process for information to be passed on from the sensory register to the STM store?
Attention
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What is the duration, capacity and coding of the STM store?
18-30 seconds, 7+/-2, acoustic
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What is the key process for information to be passed from the STM store to the LTM store?
Rehearsal
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What is the duration, capacity and coding of the LTM store?
Up to a lifetime, unlimited, semantic
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What has to happen for us to be able to recall information from the LTM store?
It has to first be transferred back into STM by retrieval
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Which research evidence supports the MSM theory and why?
Baddeley's - clearly shows that STM and LTM are indeed independent of each-other
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What did Shallice and Warrington find?
Amnesia patient KF's STM for digits was poor when read to him, but better when he could read them to himself
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Why is Shallice and Warrington's findings a limitation of the MSM theory?
It shows that there must be one store to process auditory information, and one to process visual information
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Who decided that there is actually more than one type of rehearsal?
Craik and Watkins
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What are the suggested two types of rehearsal?
Maintenance rehearsal, maintaining information in STM, and elaborative rehearsal, needed to transfer information to LTM
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