Multi-Store Model Of Memory: Eval Flashcards
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What is a strength of the Multi-Store Model (MSM)?
A strength of the MSM is that it has research support from studies showing that STM and LTM are different.
What evidence supports the idea that STM and LTM are different stores?
Baddeley found that people struggle to remember words that sound similar in STM but struggle with words that have similar meanings in LTM. This shows STM uses acoustic coding (sound), while LTM uses semantic coding (meaning).
How does Baddeley’s research support the MSM?
It shows that STM and LTM are separate memory stores with different ways of coding information, just like the model suggests.
What is a weakness of the MSM regarding its evidence base?
A weakness of the MSM is that it is based on old evidence and is now seen as too simplistic.
What evidence highlights the MSM’s reliance on outdated research?
Atkinson and Shiffrin based their model on research evidence available at the time, which showed STM and LTM to be single memory stores.
Why is it problematic to view LTM as a single store?
There is now evidence suggesting LTM is not a single memory store. For example, there are different types of LTM: semantic memories for facts about the world and procedural memories for how to do things like riding a bike.
What is another weakness of the MSM regarding STM?
Evidence suggests there must be more than one STM store—for example, one for processing visual information and another for auditory information.
How does evidence of multiple STM stores challenge the MSM?
It undermines the unitary store of STM proposed by the MSM, showing its oversimplification.
