Multi Store Model

Question 1

What are Weakness for the Multi store model

Answer 1

Jacobs digit span study was criticised for being outdated
Miller may have overestimated the STM

Peterson used Artificial tasks - Participants were asked to remember meaningless three-letter strings (e.g., XQF, TZR). These are artificial because they don’t resemble real-life information we usually try to remember, like names or stories.

Tulving overestimated the STM
Brain scan studies
Clive Wearing support

Question 2

What is an advantage for the Multi store model (67)

Answer 2

High external validity

HM CASE STUDY
he could not form any new memories but he was able to learn new skills. This supports the MSM’s idea that short-term memory (STM) and long-term memory (LTM) are separate stores
The MSM proposes that information must be rehearsed in STM to move into LTM. HM’s inability to form new long-term memories after his hippocampus was removed shows that the hippocampus is critical for this transfer process

Question 3

What is the capacity and duration for the sensory register and how is it coded

Answer 3

Capacity - very high
Duration - Less than half a second
Modality Specific

Question 4

Coding for STM LTM and SR

Answer 4

STM
18 SEC AVG
5-9 ITEMS
ACOUSTICALLY
LTM
LIFETIME DURATION
LIFETIME CAPACITY HIGH
SEMANTICALLY
SR
LESS THAN HALF A SECOND DURATION
HIGH CAPACITY

Question 5

research for duration

Answer 5

Peterson and Peterson
ppts were given nonsense syllables and were told to count backwards to prevent rehearsal
STM has a 18-30 sec duration
if we rehearse it enough it moves to the LTM

Question 6

research for coding

Answer 6

Jacob did similar and different words
different words produced the best recall

Question 7

research for capacity

Answer 7

Miller digit span task
ppts had to recall sequences of numbers that increased