The Multi Store Model Flashcards
what are the 3 stores
- sensory register
- short term memory
- long term memory
what is meant by encoding
the way information is changed so that it can be stored in memory
what is meant by capacity
concerns how much information can be stored
what is meant by duration
refers to the period of time information can last in the memory stores
give the duration, capacity and encoding for the following store:
sensory
- duration = 0.5 seconds
- capacity = all sensoy experience
- encoding = sense specific
give the duration, capacity and encoding for the following store:
short term
- duration = 0-18 seconds
- capacity = 7 +/- 2 items
- encoding = mainly auditory
what study supports the duration of STM
peterson and peterson
what study supports the capacity of the STM
miller
explain the study that supports the encoding of the STM
baddeley
- gave particpants 1 of 4 lists to learn
- the lists comtained words that were either acoustically similar or acoustically different
- participants recalled the list immediately
- participants did worse with acoustically similiar words
give the duration, capacity and encoding for the following store:
long term
- duration = unlimited
- capacity = unlimited
- encoding = mainly semantic
explain the study that supports the duration of the LTM
bahrick
- american participants given a free recall test and asked to list all the names they could remember in their graduating class and then with a photo recognition test
findings =
- recognition test of names and faces were 90%
- free recall of names were 60%
explain the case study that supports the distinction between the STM and LTM
KF
- been im a crash and sustained brain damage
- his LTM wasnt affected but could only recall the last bit of information he had heard in his STM
