Models of Memory

The Working Memory Model splits Short Term Memory into 4 parts they are the CEO, Episodic Buffer, Phonological Loop and...

• Sensory Buffer

• Long Term Memory

• Visuospatial Sketchpad

• Rehearsal Loop

The Multi Store Model splits memory into three stores, Short Term, Long Term and...

• CEO

• Episodic Buffer

• Sensory Buffer

• Rehearsal Loop

In the Multi Store Model, the Sensory Buffer is...

• How you transfer short to long term memory

• Input from the environment

• Auditory short term memory

• How you recall information

Schema theory says your memory is based on...

• Past experiences and Culture

• How much you can hold in your brain

• Your Hippocampus

• Your thinking and decision making

Two studies that tested Schema theory are...

• Brewer and Treyens and Bartlett

• Murdock and Glanzer and Cunitz

• HM Milner and Landry and Bartling

In Brewer and Treyens psychologists tested Schema theory by having participants recall objects from a...

• School

• Office

• Story

• Gym

How many conditions did Brewer and Treyens use?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Brewer and Treyens found that...

• No one could remember any objects

• Everyone remembered the strange non-office objects

• Most participants remembered objects that fit the office schema

In Bartlett, psychologists told Western participants a story called...

• The Underdog and the Sea

• The Battle of Souls

• The War of the Ghosts

• The Devil Dances at Midnight

Bartlett's results were that participants...

• Distorted the story to fit their own schema.

• Retold the story exactly how it was told.

• Memorized half of the story

• Couldn't remember any of the story.