MSMM

• What does the multi-store model (MSM) describe?

  How information flows through the memory system
• How many stores are in the multi-store model of memory?

  Three stores
• What is the role of attention in the memory system?

  It allows information to pass into further memory stores
• What are the components of the sensory register?

  • Comprises several registers for each sense
  • Includes iconic memory for visual information
  • Includes echoic memory for auditory information
  • Other stores for touch, taste, and smell
• What is the duration of material in the sensory register?

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

  Very high, over one hundred million cells
• How is information coded in short-term memory (STM)?

  Mainly acoustically
• How long does information last in short-term memory without rehearsal?

  About 18 seconds
• What is the capacity of short-term memory according to the magical number?

  7+/-2
• What is maintenance rehearsal?

  Repeating material to keep it in STM
• What happens to information in STM if it is rehearsed long enough?

  It passes into long-term memory (elaborative rehearsal)
• What is the process called when recalling information from LTM?

  Retrieval
• What is iconic memory?

  Store coding for visual information
• What is echoic memory?

  Store coding for auditory information
• What did Bahrick et al. (1975) find about long-term memory?

  Participants recognized classmates after 50 years
• What is the significance of the magical number 7±2 in STM?

  It indicates the limited capacity of STM
• How does attention influence the flow of information in the memory system?

  It determines whether information moves to further stores