MEMORY
REVISION
, MULTI STORE MODEL
-Explanation of memory proposed by Atkinson and Shiffrin[1968]which assumes there are three unitary (separate) memory stores, and that inform
transferred between these stores in a linear sequence
Sensory Register *3 Main stores are Sensory Register,STM and LTM
*Memory store where information first comes in
through the sense Evaluation
Encoding: Senses is modality specific depending on -supporting evidence: Glanzer and Cunitz 1996 offer evidence f
sense[eg the iconic store codes visual information and stores-STM and LTM-primacy and recency effect-unitary stores-thus su
the echoic store codes auditory information] of memory
Capacity: Unlimited -the case of HM could be used to support the model. HM under
Duration:0.5 seconds to remove his hippocampus in an attempt to relive symptoms of epile
Forgetting: Info that isn’t attended-forgotten-decay his STM seemed unaffected, but he was unable to make new long-ter
LTM from before the procedure was intact. This suggests that the link
LTM had been broken, supporting the assumptions of the MSM.
STM
-high reliability-evidence from lab studies-reliable and replicated-va
Encoding: acoustically
-methodology criticism-studies low in EV and mundane realism-art
Capacity:7 +/- 2 items[capacity can be improved by
research into STM duration has low EV as the stimuli PS asked to rem
chunking information down] resemblance to items learned in real life eg Peterson and Peterson-us
Duration:20s trigrams to investigate STM duration-lacks EV-invalid
Forgetting: Displacement because capacity has -contradictory case study evidence-case of KF weakens the MSM-
been extended amnesia and was able to recall visual information without difficulty bu
recalling verbally presented information-shows that MSM is invalid as
LTM not unitary stores but may actually contain sub components-which ar
Encoding: semantically processing different information
Capacity:unlimited
Duration: unlimited[up to a
lifetime
Forgetting: Retrieval failure
REVISION
, MULTI STORE MODEL
-Explanation of memory proposed by Atkinson and Shiffrin[1968]which assumes there are three unitary (separate) memory stores, and that inform
transferred between these stores in a linear sequence
Sensory Register *3 Main stores are Sensory Register,STM and LTM
*Memory store where information first comes in
through the sense Evaluation
Encoding: Senses is modality specific depending on -supporting evidence: Glanzer and Cunitz 1996 offer evidence f
sense[eg the iconic store codes visual information and stores-STM and LTM-primacy and recency effect-unitary stores-thus su
the echoic store codes auditory information] of memory
Capacity: Unlimited -the case of HM could be used to support the model. HM under
Duration:0.5 seconds to remove his hippocampus in an attempt to relive symptoms of epile
Forgetting: Info that isn’t attended-forgotten-decay his STM seemed unaffected, but he was unable to make new long-ter
LTM from before the procedure was intact. This suggests that the link
LTM had been broken, supporting the assumptions of the MSM.
STM
-high reliability-evidence from lab studies-reliable and replicated-va
Encoding: acoustically
-methodology criticism-studies low in EV and mundane realism-art
Capacity:7 +/- 2 items[capacity can be improved by
research into STM duration has low EV as the stimuli PS asked to rem
chunking information down] resemblance to items learned in real life eg Peterson and Peterson-us
Duration:20s trigrams to investigate STM duration-lacks EV-invalid
Forgetting: Displacement because capacity has -contradictory case study evidence-case of KF weakens the MSM-
been extended amnesia and was able to recall visual information without difficulty bu
recalling verbally presented information-shows that MSM is invalid as
LTM not unitary stores but may actually contain sub components-which ar
Encoding: semantically processing different information
Capacity:unlimited
Duration: unlimited[up to a
lifetime
Forgetting: Retrieval failure
