multi store memory model

Question 1

What are the 3 stages of the multi store memory model

Answer 1

-Short term sensory store
-Short term memory
-Long term memory

Question 2

What does the multi store memory model look like

Question 3

What happens during the short term sensory store (sensory store), cap + dur

Answer 3

• Info enters the brain from the environment
• Duration:Info stored for 0.15-1 second before it is filtered
• Capacity-Limitless
• Selective attention(Filter system)-Relevant info sent to short term memory and irrelevant info is forgotten

Question 4

What happens during short term memory, cap + dur

Answer 4

• Where the info is used to decide what needs to be done
• Capacity-Only limited amounts of info can be stored(7+/- 2)
• Duration-For approx 30 seconds
• Chunking-Different pieces of info can be grouped together and remembered as one piece
• If it is important enough and is rehearsed it will pass to the long term memory

Question 5

What happens during the long term memory, cap + dur

Answer 5

• Limitless capacity to store encoded info
• duration = lifetime
• Motor programmes are stored here because they have been rehearsed many times
• Continued rehearsal can lead to responses becoming automatic

Question 6

What is encoding

Answer 6

The conversion of information into codes (visual,auditory and semantic)

Question 7

What is storage

Answer 7

The retention of information over a period of time

Question 8

What is retrieval

Answer 8

Recovering stored information from our memory

Question 9

How can memory be improved

Answer 9

• Rehearsal
• Meaningfulness
• Association
• Avoiding overload
• Organise information
• Mental imagery

Question 10

Advantages

Answer 10

• Distinguishes between STM and LTM
• Simple

Question 11

Disadvantages

Answer 11

Over simplified