Year 12 Psych Multi-Store Model of Memory

Memory of a specific event

• Semantic Memory

• Implicit Memory

• Episodic Memory

• Long Term Memory

Memory of facts and concepts

• Semantic Memory

• Implicit Memory

• Explicit Memory

• Episodic Memory

Short-term memory has a duration of ____ and a capacity of ____

• a potentially unlimited time, a potentially unlimited capacity

• approximately 0.2-4 s; a potentially unlimited capacity

Label the Atkinson-Shiffrin multi-store model of memory

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

information is lost if not attended to

maintenance rehearsal

short-term memory

sensory memory

retrieval

attention

long-term memory

transfer

elaborative rehearsal

info decays/displaced if not rehearsed

Which of the following memory stores has the smallest capacity?

• short-term memory

• long-term memory

• iconic memory

• echoic memory

Amelia decides to use mind maps to revise the topics in the Psychology course, which enables her to visually represent the relationships between key concepts. She has found that it is a useful way to help her recall information when completing assessment tasks throughout the term. Amelia likely finds this method of learning to be the most effective due to

• elaborative rehearsal

• maintenance rehearsal

• it being an acrostic

• is being an acronym

With regard to the Atkinson-Shiffrin model of memory, which of the following statements is incorrect?

• sensory memory has a greater capacity than STM

• sensory memory has a shorter duration than STM

• iconic and echoic memory are the only types of sensory memory

• sensory memory holds sensory information in its raw form

The duration of short-term memory can be enhanced through the process of

• chunking

• maintenance rehearsal

• elaborative rehearsal

• visual encoding

We are consciously aware of stimuli that are in our memory, as it is sometimes referred to _____ as our mental workspace for storing information that we are currently aware of.

• implicit

• echoic

• short-term

• long-term

Which of the following statements about memory is incorrect?

• the duration of sensory memory is up to 30 seconds

• the duration of STM can be increased by maintenance rehearsal

• the duration of LTM is relatively permanent

• the capacity of LTM is potentially unlimited