Multi-store model

• Sensory Register


  Holds sensory information while we process it.

  Coding = Sensory coding (5 senses)

  Capacity = Very large

  Duration = Very short (1-2 sec)
• Short term memory

  Temporary store of memory

  Duration = 18 seconds

  Coding = Acoustic

  Capacity = Very large (1-2 seconds)

  ->You need to pay attention to move information from the sensory register to STM
• Long term memory

  Permanent store of information

  Duration = Large (supposedly a life time)

  Coding = Semantic

  Capacity = Large (supposedly unlimited)

  -> Information needs to be rehearsed for it to move from STM to LTM.
• A03

  Strength)Baddeley found that we mix up words that sound similar when using STMs and that we mix up semantically similar words when using LTM's. -> Supports the MSM's view that these two memory stores are independent of each other.

  Limitation) Patient KF had amnesia that affected his STM. He couldn't recall information that was read out to him but he could recall it when read. -> MSM is wrong to claim that there is just 1 type of STM.

  Limitation) The MSM is a bygone model that doesn't account for research findings and it oversimplifies STM.