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Atkinson and Shiffrin's multi-store model

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The short-term sensory store, short-term memory and long-term memory with their capacity and duration, rehearsal, retrieval and chunking, the batter facing a fast bowler, and strengths and criticisms of the model.

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Who proposed the multi-store model, what are its stores, and what does the sensory store do?

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Who proposed the multi-store model of memory, and when?

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Name the three stores in the multi-store model.

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  1. 1

    Who proposed the multi-store model of memory, and when?

    Model answer

    Richard Atkinson and Richard Shiffrin proposed the multi-store model in 1968. The model describes memory as three separate stores linked by processes.

  2. 2

    Name the three stores in the multi-store model.

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    The three stores are the short-term sensory store, the short-term memory and the long-term memory.

  3. 3

    What is the role of the short-term sensory store?

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    The short-term sensory store receives all incoming information from the senses. Each sense has its own store, and most of the information held there is quickly lost.

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    What are the capacity and duration of the short-term sensory store?

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    The short-term sensory store has a very large, almost unlimited capacity. Information is held only very briefly, for about a quarter of a second to one second.

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    What are the capacity and duration of the short-term memory?

    Model answer

    The short-term memory holds about seven items, plus or minus two. Information lasts up to about 30 seconds unless it is rehearsed.

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    Why is the short-term memory described as the working memory?

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    The short-term memory is where current information is compared with stored memories to make decisions. A performer works out a response there before acting.

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