The Multi Store Model

Question 1

what are flashbulb memories?

Answer 1

an accurate and vivid long-lasting memory for the circumstances surrounding learning about the dramatic event

memories which are affected by our emotional state

Question 2

how do flashbulb memories dispute claims of the MSM?

Answer 2

information appears to have gotten into theLTM without having to be rehearsed

Question 3

who created the msm?

Answer 3

Atkinson and Shiffrin (1968)

Question 4

what is the first input of information?

Answer 4

environmental stimuli

Question 5

which store is environmental stimuli put into?

Answer 5

sensory store

Question 6

what capacity does the sensory store have?

Answer 6

very large

Question 7

how is information lost from the sensory store?

Answer 7

unattended info decays

Question 8

what is the duration of the sensory store?

Answer 8

a few hundred milliseconds

Question 9

how is information passed from the sensory store to the STM?

Answer 9

attention

Question 10

what is the capacity of the STM?

Answer 10

5-9 chunks

Question 11

how does the STM encode?

Answer 11

acoustically

Question 12

what is the duration of the STM?

Answer 12

18-30 seconds

Question 13

how is information lost from the STM?

Answer 13

unrehearsed info is lost

information can be displaced

Question 14

how is information transferred from the STM to the LTM?

Answer 14

rehearsal

Question 15

how is information transferred from the LTM to the STM?

Answer 15

retrival

Question 16

how does the LTM encode?

Answer 16

semantically

Question 17

what is the duration of the LTM?

Answer 17

infinite

Question 18

what is the capacity of the LTM?

Answer 18

limitless

Question 19

how is information lost from the LTM?

Answer 19

decay or retrival failure