Multi-store Model- Atkinson+Shiffrin

Multi-store Model- Atkinson+Shiffrin

1. Atkinson and Shiffrin created the multi-store model. This incorporates sensory memory, short term memory and long term memory.

2. The multi-store model is influential and has started research into the memory.

   • Shallice and Warrington researched the case of KF and that showed two separate stores, LTM and STM
     • Murdock did the serial position effect and learnt about primary and recency effect which provides support for the existence of two different stores.
       • Glanzer and Cunitz did the serial position effect and found that the starting words (primacy effect) and last words (recency effect) were remembered.

3. Weaknesses

   • The model is too simplistic as they believe there is only 1 LTM store, however Cohen and Squire suggested we had 2 LTM stores.
     • KF (Case study) showed an auditory memory which was worse than visual, so showed different STM stores.
       • The model shows that information only flow in one direction, but for example some things such as reading an article needs access to LTM.
         • It is not sure if every day life memories are rehearsed to remembered, for example flash bulb memories are not rehearsed.

4. Strengths