The multi-store model

• Atkinson and Shiffrin (1968)

  Model of how our memories are stored in different ways

  • How it is remembered (how memories last)
  • Transferring information from one to another
  • How it is forgotten
• What model is this

  
• What is the first part of the msm

  Stimulus from the enviroment
• What is the sensory register

  The initial part of the memory store- each sense is coded modality specific.
• How long is the sensory register

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

  Very high
• the sensory resister stores

  • Ionic- (visual information is coded visual)
  • echoic (sound information is coded acoustically)
• You pay attention for it to go to your Stm
• How is your short-term memory store coded in Atkinson and Shiffen msm (1968)

  Acoustically
• What is the capacity like in Atkinson and shorten (1968) msm

  Limited Miller (1956) (7+\-2)

  Cowan(2001) more likely 5 pieces/items of information
• What is the duration of Atkinson and Shiffen(1968) MSM

  Approx 18 seconds unless rehearsed
• Long-term memory store in Atkinson and Shiffen (1968) msm

  Duration: potentially permanent memory store with well rehearses information.

  Capacity:unlimited

  Coded: semantically
• What is the maintenance rehearsal loop?

  repeating information out loud or in your head