Memory part 1

Question 1

What is the process of the Multi-Sore Model of Memory?

Answer 1

Environmental Stimulus - Sensory register (Iconic, Echoic and other) - attention - STM where maintenance rehearsal has to be kept to remember - elaborative/ prolonged rehearsal - LTM - retrieval back into STM - Response (remembering) - LINEAR MODEL

Question 2

What is capacity?

Answer 2

The amount of information that can be held in a memory store

Question 3

What is duration?

Answer 3

The length of time information can be held in a memory store

Question 4

What is coding?

Answer 4

The format/various forms in which information is stored (visual, acoustic, semantic)

Question 5

What is the capacity of the sensory register?

Answer 5

Up to 10 items

Question 6

What is the duration of the sensory register?

Answer 6

2 seconds or less

Question 7

What is the coding of the sensory register?

Answer 7

All of our senses (sight, smell, touch, taste, hearing)

Question 8

What is the capacity of the STM?

Answer 8

7+/-2 items

Question 9

What is the duration of the STM?

Answer 9

Up to 30 seconds

Question 10

What is the coding of the STM?

Answer 10

Acoustic (sound)

Question 11

What is the capacity of the LTM?

Answer 11

Unlimited

Question 12

What is the duration of the LTM?

Answer 12

A few minutes to a lifetime