The Multi Store Model

Question 1

What is the Multi-store model of memory?

Answer 1

Linear model describing how info flows through the memory system

Question 2

What is the first store of the MSM?

Answer 2

Sensory register

Question 3

What is the second store of the MSM?

Answer 3

Short Term Memory

Question 4

What is the third store of the MSM?

Answer 4

Long Term Memory

Question 5

How many stores is the sensory register made up of?

Answer 5

5 (senses)

Question 6

How is information transferred from the sensory register to the STM?

Answer 6

Attention

Question 7

What is the STM?

Answer 7

A limited capacity store of temporary duration

Question 8

How does information pass from STM to LTM?

Answer 8

Extended rehearsal

Question 9

What is the LTM?

Answer 9

A permanent memory store

Question 10

How do we recall information from our LTM?

Answer 10

Retrieval

Question 11

Who proposed the MSM?

Answer 11

Atkinson and Shiffrin

Question 12

What is coding?

Answer 12

The format in which info is stored

Question 13

How is info coded in the STM?

Answer 13

Acoustically

Question 14

How is info coded in the LTM?

Answer 14

Semantically

Question 15

What is duration?

Answer 15

How long info can be held in a store before loss

Question 16

What is the duration of the sensory register?

Answer 16

Less than 1/2 a second

Question 17

What is the duration of the STM?

Answer 17

18-30 seconds

Question 18

What is the duration of the LTM?

Answer 18

Up to a lifetime

Question 19

What is capacity?

Answer 19

How much info can be held by a store

Question 20

What is the capacity of the sensory register?

Answer 20

Very high

Question 21

What is the capacity of the STM?

Answer 21

7 +/- 2 items

Question 22

Who suggested that the capacity of the STM was 7 +/- 2 items?

Answer 22

Miller

Question 23

What is the capacity of the LTM?

Answer 23

Unlimited