The Multi-Store Model of Memory

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  • Created on: 26-04-18 21:43
Define the multi-store model
A representation of how memory works in terms of three stores called sensory register, short-term memory and long-term memory. It also describes how information is transferred from one store to another, how it is remembered and forgotten
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Who designed the multi-store model
Atkinson and Shiffrin (1968)
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Define sensory register
The memory stores for each of our five senses, such as vision (iconic store) and hearing (echoic store)
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What is the capacity, coding and duration of the sensory register
capacity is huge (millions of receptors), coding for iconic sensory register is visual and echoic is auditory, duration is 0.5 seconds
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How is information processed into the STM from the sensory register
Attention
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Define STM
A memory store responsible for the temporary storage of information
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What is the capacity, coding and duration of STM
capacity is 7+/- 2, coding is acoustically and duration is 30 seconds
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How is information kept in the STM or processed into LTM
Maintenance rehearsal is when we repeat information to ourselves over and over again, this keeps it in STM. If we rehearse it for long enough it passes into LTM
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Define LTM
The potentially permanent memory store for information that has been rehearsed for a prolonged time
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What is the capacity, coding and duration of LTM
capacity is believed to be unlimited, coding is semantic and duration is unlimited
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How is information recalled
Information has to be transferred back to into STM by a process called retrieval
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Name the case study to support the multi-store model
The case of HM
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