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Multi-Store Model Studies and Evaluation
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- 1Sperling (1960)sensory memory capacity = 4 letters
- 2Miller (1956)STM capacity = 7±2 chunks of data
- 3Duration of STM15-30 seconds
- 4What year was Glanze and Cunitz?1966
- 5What did they find?found that in tasks involving learning and recalling word lists that position of the word was found to affect recall. Primary effect (transfer to LTM after recall) and recency effect (stay in STM at start of recall)
- 6What year was Scoville and Milner?1957
- 7Which case study/ what did they find?case study of HM, who had medial temporal lobe damage. Had impaired LTM but STM normal - suggests several stages of memory.
- 8What year was Shallice and Warrington?1970
- 9Which case study/ what did they find?KF, who had parietal-occipital damage, had intact LTM but poor digit span, a preserved primary effect and no recency effect.
- 10Other strengths of MSMEnormous use in understanding memory.
Model is influential as its generated a lot of research into memory.
Model is supported by amnesiacs e.g. HM who had impaired LTM, he couldn't remember the death of his mother/ father or the Vietnam war, but his STM was intact. - 11Baddeley and Hitch (1974)WMM showed that STM is more complex with slave systems etc. MSM is reductionist.
- 12Tulving (1972)Shows how LTM is more complex, 3 components - MSM is reductionist.
- 13Other weaknessesModel suggests rehearsal helps transfer into LTM but this isn't essential.
Model's main emphasis is on structure and neglects the process element of memory (only focuses on attention and rehearsal).
We're able to recall unrehearsed info (swimming) yet unable to recall info that has been rehearsed (reading notes whilst revising)