The multi-store model of memory

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Who carried out this model?
Atkinson and Shiffrin
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Memory here lasts for around 2 seconds
Sensory register
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Information enters the memory in this form
Sensory input
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When was this model created?
1968
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This will happen to information in the sensory register if it is unattended.
Decay
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This memory store takes in information from one of the sense organs
Sensory input
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This form of memory is tactile input from the body and it stores information as feelings
Haptic
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This must be given to information for it to be successfully moved on from the sensory register
Attention
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This means how long a store can retain information for
Duration
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This person said we can increase the capacity of the short term memory by combining / organising separate 'bits' of information
Miller
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Miller said this memory store has a capacity of 7 +/- 2
Short term memory
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This is the form in which the memory is retained
Encoding
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What is the technical term used to describe the way in which we can make information more meaningful
Chunking
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This form of memory is auditory input from the ears and it stores information as sounds
Echoic
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2 people with this surname said that the duration of the short term memory is 15-30 seconds
Peterson
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The final store of memory on the model potentially has this capacity
Unlimited
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This model is described as being this
Linear
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This form of memory is visual information from the eyes and it stores information as images.
Iconic
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Conrad said the short term memory encodes memory in this form
Echoic
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This means how much information a store can retain
Capactiy
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Memory here lasts for around 2 seconds

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Sensory register

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Information enters the memory in this form

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When was this model created?

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This will happen to information in the sensory register if it is unattended.

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