Multistore model of memory

• Who proposed the multi-store model of memory?

  Atkinson and Shiffrin
• What does the multi-store model of memory represent?

  A sequential transfer of information through stores
• How many separate stores are in the multi-store model?

  Three
• What are the three stores in the multi-store model?

  Sensory register, short-term memory, long-term memory
• How are the memory stores different?

  In capacity, duration, and coding
• What is the duration of information in the sensory register?

  Up to 250 milliseconds
• What happens to information in the sensory register if not attended to?

  It decays quickly
• What is maintenance rehearsal?

  A technique to keep information in short-term memory
• What is elaborative rehearsal?

  Giving meaning to information for long-term storage
• What is a key feature of the multi-store model?

  Short-term and long-term stores are different
• What does 'unitary' mean in the context of memory stores?

  Each store has just one part
• What are the three aspects in which memory stores differ?

  Capacity, duration, coding
• Why is research important in understanding memory stores?

  It demonstrates the features of each store
• What area of the brain is associated with short-term memory?

  Pre-frontal cortex
• What area of the brain is associated with long-term memory?

  Hippocampus
• What does the case of Clive Wearing illustrate?

  Short-term and long-term memory are separate
• What type of memory did Clive Wearing retain?

  Procedural memory
• What does Clive Wearing's case suggest about long-term memory?

  It is more complicated than a unitary store
• What is the Working Memory Model's view on short-term memory?

  It is not unitary and has sub-stores
• What are the sub-stores in the Working Memory Model?

  Central executive, phonological loop, visuo-spatial sketchpad, episodic buffer
• What practical applications arise from the multi-store model?

  It informs revision techniques for students
• How does elaborative rehearsal benefit students?

  It helps extract meaning from information
• What is a criticism of the multi-store model's approach?

  It uses a nomothetic approach to memory
• What are flashbulb memories?

  Memories recalled without rehearsal
• Why might an idiographic approach be better for memory processing?

  It accounts for individual differences in memory