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Multi Store Model of Memory

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who developed the MSM?

a)

Atkinson and Shiffrin

b)

Schaffer and Emerson

c)

Baddeley and Hitch

2.

The MSM is a .................................... model of memory

a)

Two - dimensional

b)

Linear

3.

In the sensory memory there are how many sensory registers

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

e)

5

4.

What do we call the sensory register that stores visual information?

a)

Echoic

b)

Iconic

c)

Haptic

d)

Gustatory

e)

Modality Specific

5.

What do we call the sensory register that stores auditory information?

a)

Echoic

b)

Iconic

c)

Haptic

d)

Gustatory

e)

Modality Specific

6.

The sensor registers store information in the same format in which they are received. What do we call this process?

a)

Echoic

b)

Iconic

c)

Haptic

d)

Gustatory

e)

Modality Specific

7.

The capacity of the sensory register is high?

a)

True

b)

False

8.

The duration of the sensory register is .........?

a)

Less than 2 seconds

b)

Less than a second

c)

Less than half a second

9.

Sperling's experiment offers support for what aspect of the sensory register

a)

Coding

b)

Capacity

c)

Duration

10.

What process moves information from the Sensory register to the STM?

a)

Maintenance rehearsal

b)

Prolonged rehearsal

c)

Attention

11.

What is the coding for the STM?

a)

Acoustic

b)

Semantic

c)

Modality Specific

12.

What is the duration of the STM

a)

7 + or - 2

b)

18-30 Seconds

c)

Unlimited

d)

Lifetime

13.

What is the capacity of the STM

a)

7 + or - 2

b)

18-30 Seconds

c)

Unlimited

d)

Lifetime

14.

What process moves information in to the LTM?

a)

Maintenance rehearsal

b)

Prolonged rehearsal

c)

Attention

15.

What process keeps information in the STM?

a)

Maintenance rehearsal

b)

Prolonged rehearsal

c)

Attention

16.

What is the coding for the LTM?

a)

Acoustic

b)

Semantic

c)

Modality Specific

17.

The duration of the LTM is?

a)

7 + or - 2

b)

18-30 Seconds

c)

Unlimited

d)

Lifetime

18.

The capacity of the LTM is?

a)

7 + or - 2

b)

18-30 Seconds

c)

Unlimited

d)

Lifetime

19.

What do we call the process of moving information from the LTM to the STM?

a)

Rehearsal

b)

Coding

c)

Retrieval

20.

The MSM might lack external validity as an explanation of how memory works. This is because a lot of the supporting experiments use ................................... ........................... and therefore the results can't be generalised to every day life.

a)

Small numbers

b)

Field experiments

c)

Artificial Stimuli

21.

Shallice and Warrington's study of KF contradicts the MSM because it suggests that different types of STM are stored in separate regions of the brain. What material did KF struggle to recall?

a)

Digits read to him

b)

Digits he read himself

22.

Craik and Watkins suggest that what type of rehearsal moves information from the STM to the LTM?

a)

Maintenance

b)

Prolonged

c)

Elaborative

23.

What type of reductionism applies to this model?

a)

Reciprocal

b)

Machine

c)

Psychic