multistore model

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    • who came up with the multi store model
      richard atkinson and richard shiffrin
    • what does the multistore model describe
      describes how info flows thru the memory system. the model suggests that memory is made up of three stores linked by processing
    • explain sensory register
      -all stimuli from environment pass into sensory register
      -store coding for visual info is iconic memory
      -store coding acoustically is echoic memory
      -duration of material in s.r is very brief
      -s.r has very high capacity
      -info passes further into the memory system only if u pay attention
    • explain stm
      -info in stm is mainly coded acoustically
      -info lasts abt 18 secs so temporary store (unless rehearsed)
      -limited capacity 7+/- 2 items of info
      -maintenance rehearsal: when we repeat material to ourselves over and over again
    • explain ltm
      -permanent memory store for info that has been rehearsed for a long time
      -duration may be up to a lifetime
      -capacity is unlimited
      ltm is mostly coded semantically
      -when we want to recall info from ltm it has to be transferred back into stm by retrieval
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