the multi-store model of memory

Question 1

Who was the msm created by?

Answer 1

Atkinson and Shiffron

Question 2

When was the msm created?

Answer 2

1968

Question 3

What kind of model is msm?

Answer 3

linear- info is shown to flow through the system in one direction

Question 4

What does coding mean?

Answer 4

The different info types?formats the brain uses to store memory

Question 5

What does capacity mean?

Answer 5

How much info can be held by a store

Question 6

What does duration mean?

Answer 6

How long info can be held in a store before loss

Question 7

Is the sensory under cognitive control?

Answer 7

• sensory info coming from senses is detected and recorded automatically - not under cognotive control

Question 8

What does modality specific coding mean?

Answer 8

The coding of information depends on the sense organ it comes from

Question 9

What are the different coding stores of the SR?

Answer 9

iconic, echoic, haptic, gustatory, olefactory

Question 10

What is the capacity of the SR?

Answer 10

very large- has to contain all the sense impressions for all the sense in a single moment

Question 11

What is the duration of the SR

Answer 11

Very short , as low as 250 milliseconds

Question 12

How does STM gain info from SR?

Answer 12

by paying attention

Question 13

What is the capacity of STM?

Answer 13

Miller suggested 7 +-2
can be improved by chunking