multi- storage model

Question 1

What is the multi-storage model?

Answer 1

the representation of how the memory works

Question 2

What are the strengths of the MSM?

Answer 2

was the first model explaining how memory work and was tested

Question 3

What is the Long-term memory store?

Answer 3

the life time memory store with unlimited capacity

Question 4

What is the short-term memory store?

Answer 4

a temporary store of information for 18-30 seconds

Question 5

What is the primacy effect?

Answer 5

the effect that causes us to be able to remember words or information at the start of the list

Question 6

What is the recency effect?

Answer 6

the effect that causes us to be able to remember words or information at the end of a list

Question 7

How did Murdock prove the recency and primacy effects?

Answer 7

he gave participants a list of 60 words, they were able to remember a greater number of words at the start and end of the list.

Question 8

how does the primacy effect provide evidence for the LTM?

Answer 8

words are rehearsed at first and transfer to the long term memory where they are stored tell they need to be recalled

Question 9

How does the recency effect provide evidence for the STM and it’s capacity?

Answer 9

the words in the middle of the list enter the STM but are displaced by the words at the end of the list because we are unable to rehearse them

Question 10

What is the sensory memory store?

Answer 10

made up of the echonic (auditory) and iconic (visual) stores it stores information from the receptors tell attention is paid to the information at it is passed to the STM

Question 11

What is the maintenance rehearsal?

Answer 11

repeating information in the STM

Question 12

What is elaborative rehearsal?

Answer 12

when we add to, repeat, and understand information allowing in to be passed into the LTM

Question 13

What are the weaknesses of the MSM?

Answer 13

oversimplification
remembering without rehearsal
forgetting with rehearsal

Question 14

How did Sperling investigate encoding, duration and capacity of the sensory memory?

Answer 14

flashed letters on a screen for 1-2 seconds. when they stated to recall the first row they could not recall the second row suggesting it has a low duration but high capacity and that the SM is mainly encodes visually

Question 15

How does the HM case study provide evidence for the STM and LTM?

Answer 15

he could recall recent facts but was unable to store any new memories of events proving there are to stores of memory

Question 16

what does the Shereshevsky case study show about the duration of the LTM?

Answer 16

he had five-fold synesthesia, and could remember events for his childhood perfectly so the duration of the LTM has the possibility to be a life time

Question 17

What did Craik and Watkins discover about rehearsal?

Answer 17

the type of information is more important than the amount suggesting there are tow types of rehearsal: maintenance and elaboraitve

Question 18

Who invented the MSM?

Answer 18

Shiffrin and Atkinson

Question 19

What does Logie suggest that goes against the MSM?

Answer 19

the STM relies on the LTM to provide information to process the information from the SM so the STM can not be before the LTM