Multi-store Model of Memory (AQA A Level Psychology)

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  • Who proposed the multi-store model of memory?

    The multi-store model of memory was proposed by Atkinson & Shiffrin (1968-1971).

  • Which component of the multi-store model of memory processes all sense-based information from the environment?

    The sensory register is where all sensory information from the environment is processed.

  • Sensory information is held within the sensory register for a duration of:

    a) 3-5 seconds

    b) 1-2 seconds

    c) milliseconds

    c.

    Sensory information is held within the sensory register for milliseconds, i.e. it has a limited duration.

  • Coding in short-term memory is:

    a) semantic

    b) procedural

    c) episodic

    d) acoustic

    d.

    Coding in short-term memory is acoustic.

  • Miller's 'magic number 7' refers to the ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ of short-term memory.

    Miller's 'magic number 7' refers to the capacity of short-term memory.

    Short-term memory can hold 7 items + or - 2.

  • If information in short-term memory is not rehearsed what happens to it?

    If information in short-term memory is not rehearsed, it cannot pass into long-term memory, i.e. it is displaced/forgotten.

  • Coding in long-term memory is:

    a) semantic

    b) procedural

    c) episodic

    d) acoustic

    a.

    Coding in long-term memory is semantic.

  • Some long-term memories may be unavailable, i.e., resistant to ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎.

    Some long-term memories may be unavailable, i.e., resistant to retrieval.

  • True or False?

    One strength of the multi-store model of memory is that it is supported by case studies of brain-damaged patients.

    True.

    The case study of HM could remember events and some information and details from before the removal of his hippocampus but could not form new memories.

  • One limitation of the multi-store model of memory is that it may be:

    a) too complicated

    b) too simplistic

    c) gender biased

    b.

    One limitation of the multi-store model of memory is that it may be too simplistic.

    Research suggests that short-term memory and long-term memory are made up of more than one store.

  • Much of the research into the multi-store model of memory involves participants undertaking artificial tasks, which means it is low in:

    a) reliability

    b) falsifiability

    c) ecological validity

    c.

    Much of the research into the multi-store model of memory involves participants undertaking artificial tasks, which means it is low in ecological validity.