Memory Models

Question 1

Who developed the multi store memory model?

Answer 1

Atkinson and Shriffin

Question 2

What does the multi store memory model show?

Answer 2

The 3 unitary memory stores and how information is transferred between these stores in a linear sequence

Question 3

What are the 3 main memory stores in the multi store memory mode?

Answer 3

Sensory memory
Short term memory
Long term memory

Question 4

What is encoding?

Answer 4

Encoding is the way information is changed so that it can be stored in the memory

Question 5

What is capacity?

Answer 5

How much information can be stored

Question 6

What is duration?

Answer 6

The period of time information can last in the memory stores

Question 7

What are the 3 ways information can be encoded?

Answer 7

Visual (picture)
Acoustic (sound)
Sematic (meaning)

Question 8

What causes information to reach the short term memory in the multi store model?

Answer 8

Paying attention

Question 9

What causes information to reach the long term memory in the multi store memory model?

Answer 9

Rehearsal

Question 10

What is the duration of the sensory memory?

Answer 10

1/4 to 1/2 second

Question 11

What is the capacity of the sensory memory?

Answer 11

All sensory experience so v large

Question 12

What is the duration of the short term memory?

Answer 12

0-18 seconds

Question 13

What is the capacity of the short term memory?

Answer 13

5-9 items

Question 14

What is the capacity of the long term memory?

Answer 14

Unlimited

Question 15

What is the duration of the long term memory?

Answer 15

Unlimited

Question 16

What are the advantages of the multi store memory model?

Answer 16

Simplifies the memory process to help us understand
Give us an explanation as to why people with brain damage may have dysfunctional memory 🧠🧠

Question 17

What are the disadvantages of the multi store memory model?

Answer 17

Simplifies the memory process too much
Interaction between long and short term memory is far more complicated

Question 18

Who developed the levels of processing model?

Answer 18

Craik and Lockhart 1972

Question 19

What does the levels of processing model suggest?

Answer 19

Explains what we do with the information rather than how we store it. Opposes the view that there are set memory stores

Question 20

How does information reach long term memory in the levels of processing model?

Answer 20

If the information is:
Considered
Understood
Has meaning

Question 21

What are the 3 levels of the levels of processing model?

Answer 21

Structural level
Phonetic level
Sematic level

Question 22

What is the structural level of the levels of processing model in the sporting context?

Answer 22

What the environment looks like

Question 23

What is the phonetic level of the levels of processing model in the sporting context?

Answer 23

What the environment sounds like

Question 24

What is the semantic level of the levels of processing model in the sporting context?

Answer 24

What the environment means

Question 25

What are the advantages of the levels of processing model?

Answer 25

Explains well why we consider and analyze information the more we remember it Explains that if we understand the information we are more likely to remember it Explains that if we manipulate the information specific to us we are more likely to remember it

Question 26

What are the disadvantages of the levels of processing model?

Answer 26

Does not consider individual differences Longer the time it takes for us to process the info does not always lead to deeper processing

Question 27

What strategies can help our memory in sport? (6)

Answer 27

Rehearsal 🩰 Meaningful ❤️ Association 🍀 🐎 Simplicity 🏀 Organization (chunking) 🍕 Visualisation 🕶️