Memory - Psychology A Level

Memory - Psychology A Level

By Emily Oke

The multi-store model of memory was introduced in 1968 by Atkinson and Shiffrin as a cognitive explanation for memory. This uses the analogy of a computer and the concepts of encoding, storage and retrieval to understand memory.

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​The multi-store model

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Sections of MSM

Another way that information can leave STM​ is through forgetting.

If attention is given to something occurring in the sensory register, it gets passed onto short-term memory. There is a rehearsal loop that maintains the information in the STM for long enough to retain it and to form LTM

Short-term memory

The sensory register is where stimuli reaches once at the senses. Most information is lost immediately through forgetting

Sensory register

Sections of MSM

This store represents knowledge and experiences. It can feed back what should be given attention e.g. what is worth rehearsing in STM​

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​The MSM, showing how information flows through a series of permanent storage systems - the sensory register, the short-termed memory and the long-term memory - which is like data through a computer processor

Multiple Choice

What is the sensory register?

• where stimuli reach and either get attention paid to them or are forgotten instantly

• the rehearsal loop that maintains the information here enough to retain it to a LTM form

• it represents knowledge and experience

Multiple Select

Select all the components included in the multi-store model of memory

• phonological loop

• sensory register

• short-term memory

• episodic buffer

Evidence for the multi-store model​

​Talmi et al. (2005

Talmi et al. gave participants ​12 items to remember and then asked them to recall words from the beginning (LTM) or the end (STM) of the list. They asked participants whilst using neuroimaging. They found that the medial temporal lobe of the brain was used for the early items and the right parietal lobe for the late items. These findings support the model since these two areas of the brain do not overlap.

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Multiple Choice

Which area of the brain codes STM?

• temporal lobe

• parietal lobe

• sensory register

• none of it

Multiple Choice

Which area of the brain codes LTM?

• temporal lobe

• parietal lobe

• sensory register

• none of it