The Multi-Store Model

What does the term encoding mean?

• To change information into a form so that it can be stored

• How long a memory lasts

• How much information can be stored

• Processing information to make it easier to understand

The sensory register holds information for

• Less than 1 second

• 5 seconds

• 5 minutes

• 5 lifetimes

Which of these is a feature of short term memory?

• Capacity of 5 to 9 items

• Unlimited capacity

• 2 second duration

• Semantic encoding

Which of these is a strength of the MSM?

• Experiments have shown the existence of the MSM components

• The HM case study showed that the hippocampus important to STM and LTM

• Experiments have used artificial tasks

• The working memory model might be a better explanation of STM

Coco the Clown gets a pie in his face while trying to remember a mobile number. What happens?

• He forgets the number as he can't use maintenance rehearsal

• Coco starts a massive fight with Bobo

• Coco gets brain damage from the pie

• Coco's sensory memory is so overwhelmed he can't focus

Harry the Hedgehog struggles with trying to move information from STM to LTM. What might Harry have an issue with?

• Repeated Rehearsal of STM

• Paying attention to Sensory Memory

• Visual processing

• He's a talking hedgehog in a non-verbal family