A01

• attkinson and shiffrin

  • process used to aquire,store,retain and later retrieve info
• sensory register


  capacity- large yet unknown

  coding- raw,unprocessed info

  during- 1-2 seconds
• processes

  • sensory register to STM requires attention
  • stm to ltm is transfer and LTM to STM is retrieval
• maintainance rehearsal

  -       occurs when we repeat the new information to ourselves, allowing the information to be kept in the STM. Prolonged maintenance rehearsal allows the information to pass into the LTM, whilst a lack of such rehearsal causes forgetting. 
• retrieval

  •  To remember information, ‘retrieval’ must occur, which is when information is transferred back into the STM and will continue to pass through the maintenance loop afterwards.