multi-store memory model

• who proposed the msm?

  Atkinson and Shiffrin
• how does the msm describe the memory?

  proposed that memory consists of three stores; the sensory register, the short term memory and the long term memory. Infomation passes though the stores linear
• what is the sensory register?

  store for sensory memory; infomation that is processed by the senses, e.g visual memory
• what has to happen for infomation to pass from the sensory register to the short term memory?

  you have to pay attention to the infomation
• how is infomation transferred from the short to long term memory?

  rehersal, if not consistently maintained, infomation is forgotten
• what is encoding?


  the way infomation is processed to be stored as memory
• what are the 3 ways in which infomation can be encoded?

  semantically, acoustically, visually
• what is capacity?


  how much infomation can be stored
• what is duration?


  how long the infomation can be stored for
• what is the duration of the sensory register?

  milliseconds
• what is the duration of the short term memory?

  0-18 seconds
• what is the duration of the long term memory?

  unlimited
• what is the capacity of the sensory register?

  endless; we are constantly experiences senses sll around us
• what is the capacity of the short term memory?

  7 +/- 2 items
• what is the capacity of the long term memory?

  unlimited
• what is the encoding of the sensory register?

  sense specific, if you hear a piece of infomation it is coded acoustically, if you see a piece of infomation, it is coded visually
• what is the encoding of the short term memory?

  mainly acoustic
• what is the encoding of the long term memory?

  mainly semantic
• draw a diagram to show the msm

  diagram:

  
• what studies support the msm?

  peterson & peterson, clive wearing
• what study limits the msm?

  patient KF
• how is the msm limited?

  simplified model