The Multi-Store Memory Model

According to Atkinson & Shiffrin, which is true about Short Term Memory?

• It is limited in capacity, but limitless in duration.

• It is limitless in capacity, but limited in duration.

• It is limited in both capacity and duration.

• It is limitless in both capacity and duration.

According to Atkinson and Shiffrin, the first step in placing information into memory storage is

• Short-term memory

• Rehearsal

• Reconstruction

• Sensory memory

Which of the following determines whether information moves from sensory memory to short-term memory?

• The modality of the stimulus - whether it is auditory or visual

• The size of the information

• Selective attention

• Rehearsal

Remembering the first and last items of a list better than the items in the middle of a list can be explained by

• Displacement of information from the STM store.

• Brain damage

• The limit of only 7 plus or minus items in STM.

• Rehearsal of the early words - and the fact that the last words are still in STM.

Which of the following is not a limitation of the MSM?

• It does not explain the role of emotion on memory.

• It is not supported by biological evidence.

• It is an overly simplistic explanation of memory.

• It does not explain how memory can be distorted.

What is the key difference between Miller's (1956) and Cowan's (2010) research on STM capacity?

• Cowan found that STM capacity was greater than Miller predicted.

• Cowan gave explicit directions not to chunk the data.

• Cowan made use of fMRIs to watch how many pieces of data were put into memory.

• Cowan did not let the participants know the length of the list before he read it to them.