MSM

• How many components of the MSM are there?


  3
• What are the 3 components of the MSM?


  • Sensory memory
  • Short-term memory
  • Long-term memory
• What is the sensory memory?


  • Large capacity
  • Short duration (250 ms)
  • Info given attention = integrates into STM
• What is the short-term memory?


  • Limited capacity (7±2 items)
  • Short duration (18-30s)
  • Codes acoustically
  • Elaborative rehearsal of info = integrates into LTM
• What is the long-term memory?


  • Unlimited capacity
  • Unlimited duration
  • Codes semantically
• What are the 3 main registers of the environmental input into the MSM?

  • Iconic register (sight)
  • Echoic register (sound)
  • Haptic register (touch)
• What is the function of the sensory memory?

  • Registering info from each sensory store
  • Moving info to STM