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2023-2025 Year 12 A-Level Psychology Memory: The Multi Store Model Of Memory Part 1
This deck covers key concepts of the Multi Store Model of Memory, focusing on coding, capacity, and duration of different memory stores, as well as significant studies by Baddeley, Miller, and Peterson & Peterson.
What is the keyterm? How we process information so it can be stored
Coding
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Key Terms
Term
Definition
What is the keyterm? How we process information so it can be stored
Coding
What is the keyterm? The amount of information that can be held in memory?
Capacity
What is the keyterm? This is how long the information lasts in memory
Duration
Name the 3 memory stores
Sensory Register; STM; LTM
Name the 3 memory stores
Sensory Register; STM; LTM
Coding of the sensory register?
Modality specific
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
What is the keyterm? How we process information so it can be stored | Coding |
What is the keyterm? The amount of information that can be held in memory? | Capacity |
What is the keyterm? This is how long the information lasts in memory | Duration |
Name the 3 memory stores | Sensory Register; STM; LTM |
Name the 3 memory stores | Sensory Register; STM; LTM |
Coding of the sensory register? | Modality specific |
Coding of STM? | Acoustic |
Coding of LTM? | Semantic |
Capacity of Sensory Register | Unlimited |
Capacity of STM? | 7 +/- 2; 5-9 items |
Capacity of LTM? | Unlimited |
Duration of Sensory Register? | Less than 0.5 seconds |
Duration of STM? | 18-30 seconds |
Duration of LTM? | Potentially a lifetime |
Define Coding | How we process information |
Define Capacity | The amount of information held in memory |
Define Duration | How long information lasts in memory |
Modality specific is seen in the? | Coding of Sensory Register |
Acoustic is the? | Coding of STM |
Semantic is the? | Coding of LTM |
Unlimited is the? | Capacity of LTM & Sensory Register |
7 +/- 2 is the? 5-9 items | Capacity of STM |
Less than 0.5 seconds is the? | Duration of the Sensory Register |
18-30 seconds is the? | Duration of STM |
Potentially forever is the? | Duration of LTM |
Who studied the Coding of STM & LTM? | Baddeley |
What is the task Baddeley created to test coding in STM? | Acoustically similar word lists |
Findings of Baddeley's study into coding of STM? | Ppt had better recall of acoustically dissimilar words |
What was the task Baddeley created to test coding of LTM? | Semantically similar/dissimilar word lists |
Findings of Baddeley's study into coding of LTM? | Ppt had better recall of semantically dissimilar words |
Who studied capacity of STM? | Miller |
Task Miller created to test capacity of STM? | Digit Span Task |
Findings of Miller's study into capacity of STM? | Ppt recalled between 5-9 digits |
Who investigated Duration of STM? | Peterson & Peterson |
Task created by Peterson & Peterson to test duration of STM? | Consonant Trigram |