Multi-Store Model

Multi-Store Model

1. Coding

   • The format in which information is stored in the various memory stores.

2. Capacity

   • The amount of information that can be held in a memory store.

3. Duration

   • The length of time information can be held in memory.

4. Short-term Memory

   • The limited capacity memory store. Coding is mainly acoustic (sounds), capacity is between 5 and 9 items on average, duration is between about 15 and 30 seconds.

5. Long-term Memory

   • The permanent memory store. Coding is mainly semantic (meaning), it has unlimited capacity and can store memories for up to a lifetime.

6. Multi-store model

   • A representation of how memory works in terms of three stores called sensory register, short-term memory (STM) and long-term memory (LTM). It also describes how information is transferred from one store to another, how it is remembered and how it is forgotten.