Multi store memory model
3 important questions on Multi store memory model
What is the role of the short term sensory store?
- Selective attention - filters important information, removes unimportant information.
- Having good selective attention improves the quality and speed of the sensory store.
- Collects information from the environment and passes it onto the short term memory.
- Sporting example=football penalty
What is the role of the short term memory?
- Collects information from the short term sensory store.
- Sends information to the long term memory.
- Receives motor programmes back from the long term memory and sends them on to the muscles.
- Limited capacity
- Holds info for 60 seconds
- Perception occurs
- Chunking can extend capacity.
What is the role of the long term memory?
- Stores motor programmes
- Sends motor programmes to short term memory and subsequently to the muscles.
- Unlimited capacity
- Stores all previous experiences
- Rehearsal needed for skills to become automatic.
- The success of retrieval from the long term memory depends on how well its learnt + how much information.
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