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A-level Memory - MSM

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The multi-store model was created by...

a)

Baddeley and Hitch

b)

Tulving

c)

Atkinson and Shiffrin

d)

Bartlett

2.

All stimuli from the environment pass into which store first?

a)

Long term store

b)

Short term store

c)

Phonological store

d)

Sensory register

3.

The duration of the sensory register is...

a)

15-30 seconds

b)

Less than half a second

c)

Infinite

d)

2 minutes

4.

For information to transfer from sensory register to the STM, we have to...

a)

Rehearse

b)

Pay attention

c)

Retrieve

d)

Recall

5.

The capacity of STM is...

a)

5-9 items

b)

15-30 items

c)

Potentially unlimited

d)

Very large

6.

Who conducted an experiment to demonstrate the duration of STM?

a)

Baddeley

b)

Peterson and Peterson

c)

Bahrick

d)

Sperling

7.

We can maintain information for longer in our STM by...

a)

Paying attention

b)

Semantic rehearsal

c)

Rehearsing information

d)

Recalling information

8.

The duration in LTM is...

a)

Potentially infinite

b)

18 - 30 years

c)

5-9 years

d)

Limited

9.

Which research demonstrated the duration of LTM?

a)

Peterson and Peterson (trigrams)

b)

Miller (magic number)

c)

Baddeley (word lists)

d)

Bahrick (year book photos)

10.

A weakness of the MSM is...

a)

It can't be applied in practical ways

b)

It is too easy to understand

c)

It is reductionist as it ignores individual differences

d)

It has no supporting evidence

11.

Which of these is the best definition of encoding?

a)

The sensory information we receive from our environment

b)

The retention of information in our memory system

c)

The recall of stored memory

d)

Turning sensory information into a form it can be used and stored by the brain.