Outline and evaluate the multi-store model This essay will outline and evaluate the multi-store model. What is the multi-store model of memory? According to Atkinson and Shiffrin (1968), the multi-store model can be explained in terms of three stores; the sensory store, the short term store and the long term store and also two processes; attention and rehearsal. The model proposes that information first enters the sensory memory store, from the environment, where is stays for a short period of time before either decaying or passing on to the short-term memory store. The short-term memory store has a very limited capacity, i.e.
Running head: THE MEMORY PROCESS The Memory Process Patanisha Andrews Psych/550 May 2, 2011 Gaston Weisz The Memory Process The basic memory process is encoding information into memory. Memory is the ability to encode, store and recall information. The three main processes of memory involve encoding, storage and recall. The three types of codes are acoustic (sounds), visual (images or pictures) and semantic (meaningful). Memory is stored and retained overtime then the information is retrieved from the memory when needed.
Rehearsal serves to : a) Refresh sensory memory. b) Keep info in short term memory. c) Transfer info to long term memory. d) Both B and C 10. The constant repetition
There is an individual memory representation according to Adam’s trace based recall. According to Schmidt’s schema based recall, there is only one memory representation for similar models. 2. In detail compare and contrast paradigms used to study motor learning and provide possible explanations for the pattern of result. (25 points) • The main paradigms used to study motor learning are response variability and random vs. block practice.
Outline and evaluate the multi-store model of memory. (12 marks) The multi store model of memory is the system that describes the process of memorising things and is an information processing system that we all have. The MSM is split into three sections they are: sensory, short term memory and long term memory. The researchers that came up with this idea were Atkinson and Shiffrin in 1968. They investigated the idea that memory wasn’t a single process but involved more than one stage.
Three stages of memory The three stages of memory consist of sensory memory, short term memory, and long term memory. Each stage has specific functions in how its stores memory, for how long, and when that memory is called upon. Sensory memory lasts about 1 - 2 seconds and is the immediate perception of stimuli in the environment. You can either dismiss that perception, or transfer it to short-term memory or perhaps long-term memory. Sensory memory is often divided into iconic (visual input) and echoic (sound) memory.
Branching is controlled by structures that allow the flow of execution to jump to a different part of the program. There are three common branching control structures which are BREAK, CONTINUE and GOTO. BREAK is the control structure that terminates the existing structure. CONTINUE is the structure that causes a loop to stop its current iteration and begin the next one. GOTO is the structure that causes the logic to jump to a different place in the program.
Short term memory (STM) is considered as incoming information from the sense which we attend to for only a short period of time. Only when we attend to the incoming sensory information and rehearse it does that information transfer from short term memory to long term memory. Short term memory is thought to be limited to 18-30 seconds, information that is not processed into long term memory is then lost through decay or displacement. The three main areas to memory are encoding, which is the way information is changed so it can be stored in memory. The information enters the brain via the senses including eyes and ears, it is then stored in various forms such as visual codes (pictures), acoustic form (sound based) or semantic form (how we attach meaning or experiences) Encoding
Outline and Evaluate the Multi-Store of Memory The idea of a multi-store memory, was discovered by Atkinson and Shiffrin in 1968, and argues that memory can be divided into three separate structures; Sensory memory, Short-term memory and Long-term memory. Information is thought to enter the memory system through the Sensory memory, then passed on to the Short Term memory when attention is paid to it. If this information is thought about and rehearsed in the Short Term memory it is passed to the Long-Term Memory to help interpret information in Short Term Memory. The Sensory Memory, which is uses visual, auditory and tactile encoding, has a limited capacity however, and a brief duration, so for information to be useful, it has to be passed
The research carried out allowed us to confirm that using the method of loci would improve and an individual’s recall. Introduction The Multi-Store Model (MSM) of Memory was proposed by Atkinson and Shiffrin in 1968 and claimed the memory system contained three structural components. Sensory memory (SM) stores information that is collected by our senses (sight, smell, hearing etc.). This information is received continually but the majority is ignored and only stored for a brief moment of time. At this point it is either disregarded or transferred to the short term memory (STM) store.