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Multi-store model of memory
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- 1How many stores involved?3
- 2Name the storesSensory register
Short term memory store
Long term memory store - 3Describe the sensory registerIt contains stores for sound and images: iconic and echoic stores
These have very short duration
High capacity
Transfers to STM by paying ATTENTION to the information - 4Describe the STM storeIt has limited capacity (7+-2 chunks)
Coded acoustically (by sound)
Limited duration (about 18-30 seconds)
Transferred to LTM by prolonged rehearsal - 5Describe the LTM storeUnlimited capacity
Duration of a lifetime
Coded semantically
Maintenance rehearsal keeps memories in the LTM
Can be retrieved from the STM so it can be recalled - 6What happens if we don't rehearse memories in the STM and LTM?They can be lost through decay or interference
- 7Evaluation Supporting evidenceStudies into coding, capacity and duration show the differences between STM and LTM
Increases validity, evidence that there are different stores - 8Evaluation There's more than one type of STMEv. KF case study
Ex. Suggest there should be different short term memory stores for visual and auditory material - 9Evaluation There is more than one type of rehearsalElaborate rehearsal is necessary for transfer to LTM, not maintenance
This is what the multi-store model suggests, therefore, limits the usefulness of the model - 10Evaluation Artifical materialsEv. Artificial materials are used in many studies into memory e.g. Baddeley
Ex. These have no meaning to the participants and cannot be applied to real life situations
L. Limits the generalising of the findings as the external validity is low
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- A-Level Psychology Year 1 (Memory) Flashcards on Multi-store model of memory, created by Mollie Thompson on 15/05/2016.
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