Multi store modle of memory Flashcards
What is the order of the MSM?
Sensory register
attention
short term memory
rehearsal
Long term memory
what is the sensory register?
it detects all the information from the senses and records it automatically.
it then passes on information to the short term memory through paying attention
what is the coding of the sensory register?
modality specific-depends on the sense organ
what is the capacity of the sensory register?
very large
has to contain all the sensory information we receive
what is the duration of the sensory register?
very short 250 milliseconds
but each store has a different time
how is information passed to the shot term memory?
through paying attention
How is information passed from the STM to the LTM?
via rehearsal
What are the two types of rehearsal?
elaborative-linking information to information already in LTM
maintenance-repeating information
How can information be lost in the short term memory?
displacement-new information
decay-lost over time
How is information passed back from the LTM to the STM?
retrieval
What is a limitation of the MSM?
What is the supporting evidence that the STM and LTM?
Glanzer and Cunitz:
-asked participants to free recall word lists in any order
-found that recall was much stronger for words at the start and at the end of the list
-suggests that there are separate and long term memory stores
-first words enters the LTM and so are easily recalled (primacy effect)
-most recent words bring held by STM and being recalled (recency effect)
-middle words were in STM but were displaced by later words
what is the primacy effect?
cognitive bias to remember the first piece of information we receive
What is the recency effect?
cognitive bias in which pieces of information that come last are remembered more clearly than that which came first
What is supporting evidence for the capacity of the sensory register being very large?
