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Multi-store model of memory: STM, LTM and KF study

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1Multi-Store Modelstates memory is made up of distinct and separate stores .According to Akinson and Shiffrin(1969), when one of the stores breaks down the other one should be intact.
information passes form one store to another through processes such as rehearsal.
2STMinformation from the sensory memory is passed to the STM through ATTENTION. Info stays in the STM through maintenance rehearsal in the rehearsal loop.
-Duration is 18seconds (p&p)
-Capacity 5 to 9 (miller)
-Encodes acoustically (baddeley)
3LTMInformation from the STM is passed to the LTM through elaborative rehearsal and it can be forgotten through retrieval errors.
-Duration =can last up to a lifetime.
-Capacity =there is no upper limit.
-Encoding =semantically (meaning).
4The KF study (1970)KF suffered brain damage from a motorcycle accident that damaged his short term memory and left his LTM unaffected. MSM says the STM is a unitary store but Kf's case disputes this and suggests that the MSM is too simplistic about this. STM must be made up from more than one component.