1_Multi-Store Model

1_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.

7. Sensory Register

   • The memory stores for each of our five senses, such as vision (iconic store) and hearing (echoic store). Coding in the ionic sensory register is visual and in the echoic sensory register it is acoustic. The capacity of sensory registers is huge and information last for a very short time.

8. Episodic Memory

   • A long-term memory store for personal events. It includes memories of when the events occurred and of the people, objects, places and behaviours involved. Memories from this store have to be retrieved consciously and with effort.

9. Semantic Memory

   • A long-term memory store for our knowledge of the world. This includes facts and our knowledge of what words and concepts mean. These memories usually also need to be recalled deliberately.

10. Procedural Memory

    • A long-term memory store for our knowledge of how to do things. This includes our memories of learned skills. We usually recall these memories without making a conscious or deliberate effort.