multi-store model

• multi store model

  A) sensory info

  B) attention

  C) sensory register

  D) STM

  E) LTM

  F) consolidation

  G) retrieval

  H) rehearsal

  
• sensory register = initially info is stored for a fraction of a second here
• STM (short term memory) = holds a few items of info for a few seconds
• LTM (long term memory) = info that is rehearsed (consolidated) in the STM is passed to here
• key processes;

  • attention = to get info from the sensory memory to STM
  • rehearsal = to keep info in STM or to transfer it to LTM
• Strengths of the theory

  • model an be applied to help people with dementia
  • clive wearing also suffered from LTM impairment but STM was unaffected
• Limitations of the theory;

  • model is very simplistic - we dont know if there are separate stores for visual and acoustic memory
  • model has been criticised for its emphasis on rehearsal (we do not always need rehearsal to recall info)