Cognitive Psychology: Atkinson and Shiffrin's Multi-store Model of Memory
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What are the three main memory stores in the multi-store model of memory?

Sensory memory, short-term memory (STM), and long-term memory (LTM)

What are the three main ways in which information can be encoded?

Visual (picture), acoustic (sound), and semantic (meaning)

What is elaborative rehearsal and how does it relate to the transfer of information between memory stores?

Elaborative rehearsal is giving meaning to information, and if information is given meaning, it is passed on to the long-term memory (LTM).

What does capacity refer to in the context of memory?

<p>Capacity refers to how much information can be stored in the memory.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does duration refer to in the context of memory?

<p>Duration refers to the period of time information can last in the memory stores.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the approximate capacity of STM?

<p>5-9 items</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primacy-recency effect?

<p>Info presented at the beginning &amp; end of a list is retained better than the middle.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Miller (1956) find about the capacity of STM?

<p>STM has a capacity of 7 items of information, but struggles to hold more than 9.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Peterson and Peterson (1959) find about the role of rehearsal in memory?

<p>More than 90% of trigrams were forgotten when rehearsal was prevented after 18 seconds.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the slave systems in the Working Memory Model by Baddeley and Hitch (1974)?

<p>Phonological loop, Visuospatial sketchpad, and Episodic buffer.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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