DESCRIBE AND EVALUATE THE MULTI-STORE MODEL OF MEMORY (25 MARKS) The multi- store model of memory is an explanation to how memory processes work‚ we hear‚ see and feel many things but only a small number are remembered‚ the model was first introduced by Atkinson and Shiffrin in (1968)‚ whereby they explained tat the multi-store model of memory has 3 stages which is sensory memory‚ short-term memory and long-term memory‚ this information processing approach to Cognitive Psychology‚ describes the
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Describe and Evaluate the Multi-Store Model of Memory The multi-store model of memory (MSM) is an explanation of the process of memory. Richard Atkinson and Richard Shiffrin first illustrated the multi-store model‚ in 1968‚ it explains how we hear‚ see and feel many things but only a small number are remembered and other aren’t. There is strong evidence of three different stores suggesting that the basis of the MSM is reliable. However there has been some criticism of the MSM‚ most importantly
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The multi-store model of memory is an theoretical explanation of how memory processes work. It was the first extensively accepted model of how memory works‚ it is however not the definitive explanation of memory. The model was proposed by Atkinson and Shiffrin in 1968. It is suggested in the model that the human memory involves a sequence of three stages‚ these include: sensory memory‚ short term memory and long term memory. Information is said to pass through each stage in a fixed sequence.
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and Shiffrin the multi-store memory has 3 distinctive stores; sensory registry‚ short term memory (STM) and long term memory (LTM). Information from the environment enters the sensory memory for 0.5 second‚ if the individual is paying attention this information will enter the STM‚ from there if the information is rehearsed it will be store into the LTM. Duration is how long the memory lasts‚ capacity is how much memory an individual can store‚ encoding is what format it is stores in for example some
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The multi store model of memory was developed by Atkinson and Shiffrin (1968)‚ it is proposed that memory was not a single process but involved more than one stage and more than one kind of memory‚ the different stages of memory operate together. These stages include sensory memory‚ Short term memory and long term memory‚ Information is said to pass through each stage in a fixed sequence. There are limitations of capacity and duration at each separate stage. The first stage of the model is the sensory
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term memory Describe the multi-store model of memory Outline the concepts capacity‚ duration and encoding Describe and evaluate the evidence upon which the model is based Describe how these concepts are measured Explain the strengths and weaknesses of the multi-store model Describe the working memory model Describe and evaluate the evidence on which the working memory model is based Explain the strengths and weaknesses of the model Describe various strategies for improving memory Explain
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Outline and evaluate the multi-store model of memory (12) The multi-store model of memory (MSM) was developed by Atkinson and Shiffrin in 1968 and explains how information flows from one storage system to another‚ with three permanent structures in memory: sensory memory (SM)‚ short-term memory (STM) and long-term memory (LTM). It describes memory as something made up of a series of stores and these each differ in terms of their capacity‚ duration and encoding process. Information is detected
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Outline & Evaluate The Multi-Store Model Of Memory (12 Marks) The multi-store model of memory is widely renowned as the definitive concept of how our memory works‚ through inter-connected stores. We encode information into our sensory memory by using incoming stimuli (our five senses)‚ our sensory memory is very limited‚ allowing us to only store around 2 items‚ for as little as 1 or 2 seconds. If however‚ we pay attention to the information that has been encoded into our sensory memory‚ it then
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Outline and Evaluate the Multi – Store Model of Memory ( 12 marks ) Information from the environment enters sensory memory‚ encoded through one of the 5 senses depending on the type of information. If attention is paid to this information it will enter short term memory ( STM )which‚ according to Miller‚ has a capacity of 7+/- 2 bits of information. It can last up to 18 seconds‚ without rehearsal‚ according to Peterson and Peterson. Baddeley found that information in STM is encoded mainly
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The Multi-store model of memory The Multi-store model of memory was proposed by Atkinson and Shiffrin in 1968. It describes the structural features of the memory system‚ and various control processes used by individuals to manipulate the information flowing through the system. It uses the theory that memory is characterized as a flow of information. The system is divided into a set of stages and information passes through each stage in a fixed sequence. There is capacity and duration limitations
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