Flowchart
The Multistore Model
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Sensory Memory
Short Term Memory
Long Term Memory
Attention
Rehearsal Loop
Sensory Information
Sensory info from the environment
Encoding - sensory info eg.visual
Storage Duration - few seconds
Storage Capacity - 3-4 items
Forgetting - decay if not paid attention
Encoding - attention (acoustic and verbal format)
Storage Duration - 15 seconds
Storage Capacity - 7 (+/- 2) items
Forgetting - Displacement
Encoding - semantic (meaning)
Storage Duration - limitless
Storage Capacity - limitless
Forgetting - decay over time
Evaluation
+ There is evidence for a distinction between STM and LTM eg. Clive Wearing.
+ Neurological evidence to support the model eg. HM - unable to transfer information from STM to LTM.
- HM shows evidence for more than one LTM store as he learnt new skills eg. mirror drawing.
- In real life, people do not need to rehearse in order to store infomation in the LTM.
An alternative theory is the Working Memory Model
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- AS - Level Psychology Flowchart on The Multistore Model, created by Katie Radford on 15/05/2017.
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