Memory- Multi store model

• Memory Concepts


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• AQA Psychology Paper 1
• Multi-Store Model


  Model of memory with three stores: Sensory, Short-Term, and Long-Term
• Memory Stores


  • Sensory
  • Short Term
  • Long Term
• Maintenance


  Rehearsal to keep information in Short-Term Memory
• Elaborative


  Deeper processing to transfer information to Long-Term Memory
• Input


  Information entering the memory system
• Allerdon


  Unknown term
• Sensory


  Initial store that holds sensory information briefly
• Menary


  Unknown term
• Short Term


  Store that holds information for a short period of time
• Long Term


  Store that holds information for a long period of time
• Memory


  The ability to store and recall information
• Decay


  Loss of information over time
• Coding


  The format that information is stored in
• Sensory Memory


  • Capacity: Very high
  • Duration: Less than half a second
• Short Term Memory


  • Coding: Acoustically
  • Capacity: 5-9 items
  • Duration: Around 18 seconds
• Long Term Memory


  • Coding: Semantically
  • Capacity: Practically unlimited
  • Duration: Potentially a lifetime