Multi-store memory model evaluation

Question 1

Eval point 1 = why was KF significant?

Answer 1

• it showed that STM can be damaged whilst LTM remains intact.

Question 2

Eval point 1 = what was the case study of KF?

Answer 2

• KF was a patient who had brain damage

Question 3

Eval point 1 = what does KF demonstrate?

Answer 3

• proves that STM and LTM are distinct unitary stores
• increased ecological validity as it takes place in a real-life scenario - applicable.

Question 4

Eval point 1 = counterargument.

Answer 4

• it may have merit due to its ecological validity, yet you need to consider Extraneous Variables and other external factors that may have caused their memory to act a certain way.

Question 5

Eval point 2 = Murdock (what was it)

Answer 5

• participants could recall first few and last few items of a list better than those in the middle.

Question 6

Eval point = 2 Murdock (what did it suggest?)

Answer 6

• proposed that items at the start were rehearsed and were pushed into LTM and the items at the end were in STM. the items in the middle were displaced.

Question 7

Eval point 2 = Murdock (significance)

Answer 7

• proved the model exactly.

Question 8

Eval point 3 = Peterson and Peterson (what it demonstrated)

Answer 8

• that rehearsal is important as information only remains in STM for short periods of time.

Question 9

Eval point 3 = Peterson and Peterson (this highlights)

Answer 9

• rehearsal is an important component in the model.

Question 10

Eval point 4 = Simplistic

Answer 10

• many psychologists suggest that the model it’s too simplistic and there is no account for the flow of information in everyday scenarios.

Question 11

Craik and Lockheart (1972) = (what they suggest)

Answer 11

• verbal repetition (maintenance rehearsal) isn’t enough
• processing information is preferred (semantically) - elaborative rehearsal
  This places importance on rehearsal and then retrieval.