multi-store model

• description of the msm?

  first described by richard atkinson and richard shiffrin in 1968. consists of three memory stores which are linked to each other by processes that enable transfer of information
• what are the stages of msm?

  sensory register, attention, short-term memory, maintenance rehearsal, long-term memory, retrieval
• sensory register?


  place where information is held at each of the senses and the corresponding areas of the brain. the capacity is very large. constantly receive information
• attention?


  if a persons attention is focused on one of the sensory stores, then the data is transferred to short-term memory. the first step in remembering something
• short-term memory?

  useful for immediate tasks. limited duration. information disappears if new information enters
• maintenance rehearsal?

  repetition will eventually create a long-term memory
• long-term memory?

  potentially unlimited in duration and capacity
• retrieval?


  the processes of getting information from long-term memory