multi-store model

• Multi Store Model of Memory


  Model of how memory works with different stores
• Sensory Memory


  1. Encoding

  2. Decay
• Sensory Memory


  • Each of the five senses has its own sensory store
  • Iconic store holds information for a few seconds
• Attention


  • Allows information to be transferred from sensory memory to short-term memory
• Short Term Memory


  1. Encoding

  2. Decay or Displacement

  3. Rehearsal
• Short Term Memory


  • Capacity of 7 +/- 3 items
  • Duration of about 20 seconds
• Long Term Memory


  1. Encoding

  2. Decay of Interference
• Long Term Memory


  • Capacity is potentially up to a lifetime
  • Some memories can be held completely
• Multistore model


  • Separate stores for STM and LTM
  • Assumes one LTM store