Models of Memory

Models of Memory

1. Multi-store model created by Atkinson and Schriffin (1968)

   • It proposes we have 3 stores of memory:
     • Sensory store
       • Information from the environment which we don't really think about
     • Short-term store
       • If you pay attention and think about something then information will be encoded and will pass into the STM
     • Long-term store
       • When information is rehearsed and processed further it will enter the LTM, where it can potentially remain forever

2. Studies to support the multi-store model

   • 1. Primary effect: Participants remember words are the beginning of lists rather that those in the middle. This is due to them being rehearsed better in STM and transferring them to LTM
   • 2: Regency Effect: Items at the end of lists are also better recalled than the middle because they will have just been memorised as they are the last items to be said
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