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Multi-store Model of Memory - Coggle Diagram
Multi-store Model of Memory
Sensory Register
Information is transferred from the sensory register to the short term memory when we pay attention to it
If information is not paid attention to it will be displaced (pushed out by new information)
All sensory information in the environment enters the sensory register
Short Term Memory
information is transferred to the LTM by prolonged rehearsal
STM is limited capacity of 7+/-2 (5-9)
Encoding in the STM is mainly acoustic
The duration of the STM is around 18-30 seconds, transference to the LTM will have occurred by 30 seconds of prolonged rehearsal
Information is lost by decay due to lack of rehearsal
Information is held in the STM by continuous in the rehearsal loop, this is called maintenance rehearsal
This is a temporary store of information
Long Term memory
Encoding is mainly semantic (meaning). This is where meaning is associated with the information so it can be better remembered
The capacity is virtually unlimited and therefore impossible to test
Once information has entered the LTM it can remain there for between 2 minutes up to a lifetime (infinite)- duration
Information can be retrieved from the LTM by passing it back to STM
Information is sometime harder to access due to interference or retrieval failure
Atkinson & Shiffrin
This model suggests that we have 3 parts to our memory, Sensory Register, Short-term memory, and Long-term memory
This model is also structural since it has 3 distinct stores with their own characteristics
The Multi-store is a linear model because information travels in straight lines through the system of stores