multistore model

• What is the focus of the memory unit in the videos?

  Different types of long-term memory
• What psychological approach is related to the memory unit?

  The cognitive approach
• What are the main components of the multi-store model of memory?

  • Sensory register
  • Short-term memory
  • Long-term memory
• What are the three features to remember for each store in the multi-store model?

  Coding, capacity, and duration
• What is the coding of the sensory register?

  Modality specific
• What is the capacity of the sensory register?

  Potentially unlimited
• What is the duration of the sensory register?

  250 milliseconds
• How does information move from the sensory register to short-term memory?

  Through attention
• What is the coding of short-term memory?

  Acoustic
• What is the capacity of short-term memory?

  7 items plus or minus 2
• What is the duration of short-term memory?

  18 to 30 seconds
• What are the two types of rehearsal for transferring information to long-term memory?

  Maintenance rehearsal and elaborative rehearsal
• What is the coding of long-term memory?

  Semantic coding
• What is the capacity of long-term memory?

  Potentially unlimited
• What is the duration of long-term memory?

  Very large, potentially unlimited
• What does the primacy-recency effect suggest?

  Long-term and short-term memory are separate
• What did Sperling's study demonstrate about sensory memory?

  Sensory memory has a larger capacity than short-term memory
• What did Baddeley's study reveal about short-term memory coding?

  Short-term memory is coded acoustically
• How does chunking affect short-term memory capacity?

  It increases the effective capacity
• What did Peterson and Peterson's study find about short-term memory duration?

  Duration is between 18 and 30 seconds
• What did Wagner's diary study suggest about long-term memory?

  Long-term memory has a very large capacity
• What did Bahrick's study reveal about long-term memory duration?

  Duration is potentially unlimited
• What are the criticisms of the multi-store model of memory?

  • Lacks ecological validity
  • Tasks lack mundane realism
  • Simplistic view of memory stores
  • Assumes unitary short-term and long-term memory
• How do psychologists test memory according to the multi-store model?

  Through experimental conditions and inferences
• What evolutionary theory supports the sensory register's features?

  Quick reactions for survival
• What is a key assumption about the sensory register's capacity?

  It has a large capacity for information
• What is the significance of the multi-store model's evaluations?

  They help assess the model's validity
• What is the next topic to be covered in the series?

  Types of long-term memory
• What is the focus of the memory unit in the videos?

  Different types of long-term memory
• What psychological approach is related to the memory unit?

  The cognitive approach
• Who created the multi-store model of memory?

  Atkinson and Shiffrin
• What are the three stores in the multi-store model?

  Sensory register, short-term memory, long-term memory
• What are the three features of each memory store?

  Coding, capacity, and duration
• What is the coding of the sensory register?

  Modality specific
• What is the capacity of the sensory register?

  Potentially unlimited
• What is the duration of the sensory register?

  250 milliseconds
• How does information move from the sensory register to short-term memory?

  Through attention
• What is the coding of short-term memory?

  Acoustic
• What is the capacity of short-term memory?

  Seven items plus or minus two
• What is the duration of short-term memory?

  18 to 30 seconds