multi-store model

• What is the aim of the starter task in the multi-store model of memory?

  To remember as many pictures as possible
• What does the word order tally represent in the task?

  The number of times each word was recalled
• What are the primacy and recency effects in memory recall?

  • Primacy effect: Better recall of first items
  • Recency effect: Better recall of last items
• What happened to Patient HM after his surgery?

  He had problems storing information in LTM
• How did Patient HM perceive his age years after surgery?

  He thought he was still 27
• What type of memory recall was Patient HM good at?

  Immediate memory recall
• What is the main focus of Atkinson and Shiffrin’s Multi-store Model?

  It describes separate STM and LTM stores
• What does the sensory register include?

  Input from all of our senses
• What are the two main stores in the sensory register?

  Iconic memory and echoic memory
• How is iconic memory coded?

  It is coded visually
• What is the duration of the sensory register?

  Less than half a second
• What is the capacity of the sensory register?

  Extremely high
• What is the capacity of short-term memory according to Miller's study?

  7 +/- 2 items
• What is the duration of short-term memory according to Peterson & Peterson?

  Up to 30 seconds
• How is information coded in short-term memory?

  It is coded acoustically
• What is maintenance rehearsal?

  Repeating material to keep it in STM
• What is the capacity of long-term memory?

  Unlimited capacity
• What is the duration of long-term memory?

  Unlimited duration
• What type of coding is used in long-term memory?

  Semantic coding
• What did Bahrick et al. (1975) find about long-term memory?

  People remember names and faces after 50 years
• What are the strengths of the multi-store model of memory?

  • Evidence for separate stores from coding studies
  • Primacy and recency effects support separate stores
  • Case studies (e.g., HM, Clive Wearing) provide support
• What does Baddeley's study suggest about LTM and STM?

  Information in LTM is stored semantically
• What is a weakness of the multi-store model regarding its simplicity?

  It suggests only one type of STM store
• What did Shallice and Warrington (1970) find about Patient KF?

  He could recall numbers he had seen
• What is elaborative rehearsal?

  Linking information to existing knowledge
• What does Tulving's research suggest about long-term memory?

  There are different stores for different types of information
• What is a weakness of the studies used in memory research?

  They often use artificial material
• What are the weaknesses of the multi-store model of memory?

  • Too simplistic, suggesting only one type of STM
  • Not all memories are rehearsed
  • Evidence based on artificial material
  • More than one type of LTM exists
• What is the link to the crash course memory summary?

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSycdIx-C48
• What is the link to the animation summary?

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egzvLaP3498