Multi-store Model of Memory + key studies

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1. Because the sensory register is unconcious, Sperling (1990) conducted some experiments and found what?

  • That the sensory register can only hold 3 items
  • That the sensory register can hold a maximum of ten items
  • That the sensory register can hold at least nine items
  • That the sensory register can hold up to 20 items
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2. What was Murdock's 1962 study, studying?

  • H.M
  • Displacement
  • The primary/recency effect
  • Amnesia

3. There is some evidence that information in the LTM is stored in an ______ and ________ way

  • efficient, meaningful
  • open, messy
  • organised, meaningful
  • organised, hierarchical

4. What does rehearsal do in the STM?

  • It helps to keep information in the STM or to transfer information into the LTM for indefinite storage.
  • It holds information in the STM forever
  • It causes a loss of memory
  • It helps to transfer information into the LTM where it can be stored for a short amount of time

5. The sensory register is modality specific - what does this mean?

  • information is immediately lost if not used straight away
  • information is held in the same sense it is registered
  • information is remembered vividly
  • information is stored forever
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