the multi store model of memory

AO1-the process 1

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External stimuli from the environment first enters the sensory register or memory via the senses. Here they can be registered for brief periods of time, before decaying

AO1-the process 2

2. If the stimuli are given 'attention' it is transferred from the sensory memory onto the sort term store. Attention is the first step in remembering something.

AO1-the process 3

3.STM contains only a small amount of information (7+/-2 items). it is usually stored acoustically at this stage , and is used for immediate tasks

AO1-the process 4

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Memory in STM is fragile and can be lost within 30 seconds either through displacement (one memory replacing another , because capacity has been reached) or decay (lost)

AO1-the process 5

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If material is rehearsed/repeated ,(maintenance rehearsal), it will be kept in the STM and eventually it can be passed on to the long term store. A&S proposed a direct relationship between rehearsal in the STM and the strength of LTM- the more information is rehearsed, the better it is remembered

AO1-the process 6

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it can remain in the LTM for a lifetime, although loss is possible through decay, retrieval failure or interference

AO1-the process 7

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Duration and capacity are potentially unlimited in the LTM coding is assumed to be in terms of meaning semantic

the case of HM

majority of his medial temporal be was removed he could still learn new skills which could mean there is more than one store of memory

Supporting evidence for the MSM

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Clive wearing-supports 2 stores e.g. STM can be rehearsed to long term memory

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KF remembered visually which is a stimulus which goes a long with what the model says

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Peterson & Peterson-duration

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Case of HM-no new memories

opposing evidence of the MSM

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KF could remember visual information suggest STM is more complex

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HM could still remember new skills

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the model is simple and the brain is complex

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rehearsal is proven the most effective way to learn

applications of the MSM

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explains why individuals with anterograde amnesia cant make new memories

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provides an insight on how we learn

different theories and views

working memory is more complex and can explain some evidence that the MSM cant