L3 - MSM

Question 1

Describe sensory register

Answer 1

Unprocessed environmental input from senses
Modally specific - iconic/echoing stores
Unlimited capacity
250ms

Question 2

Describe STM

Answer 2

7+/-2
18-30 secs
Acoustically
Maintenance rehearsal to keep longer than 30 secs

Question 3

Describe LTM

Answer 3

Unlimited capacity
Lifetime duration
Semantically coded
Elaborative rehearsal (info given meaning)
Retrieval failure can occur due to no retrieval cues

Question 4

Advantage related to HM

Answer 4

Brain areas removed to treat hippocampus
STM unaffected
Couldn’t code for new LTM
Supports distinction

Question 5

Advantage related to KF

Answer 5

After accident, STM was reduced to 1-2 digits
LTM was normal
Supports distinction

Question 6

Disadvantage related to KF?

Answer 6

Performed pooorly on verbal tasks and well on visual tasks
MSM is oversimplified
Different STM types

Question 7

Define STM

Answer 7

Temporary store for information received by the SR before it’s transferred to the LTM

Question 8

Define SR

Answer 8

Store which retains unprocessed information about the environment

Question 9

Define LTM

Answer 9

A more permanent store of memory where information can be retrieved from and recalled