Describe And Evaluate The Multi-Store Model Of Memory
DESCRIBE AND EVALUATE THE MULTI-STORE MODEL OF MEMORY (25 MARKS)
The multi- store model of memory is an explanation to how memory processes work, we hear, see and feel many things but only a small number are remembered, the model was first introduced by Atkinson and Shiffrin in (1968), whereby they explained tat the multi-store model of memory has 3 stages which is sensory memory, short-term memory and long-term memory, this information processing approach to Cognitive Psychology, describes the mental functions which occur between stimulus and response, it is based upon the model of the mind as a computer.
Unprocessed data enters the sensory memory from external reality through the sense organs and is encoded into a ‘mind-friendly’ format, …show more content…
To prevent rehearsal, they counted backwards in threes from the number and then recalled the trigram. Participants were unable to recall the trigram at all after 18-30 seconds indicating that this is was the life span of items in the short-term …show more content…
The evidence which they collected through their experiment was clearly to refute the approach by the multistore model of memory regarding the predominant view of fixed memory stores. The evidence gathered to refute the view of fixed permanent stores was, with the help of a sachitoscope they tested the effect of depth of processing on memory by giving subjects words with questions which required different levels of processing. However the text mentioned by Craik and Tulving was the empirical evidence to support their alternative model of memory processing. The methodology used for this particular study by Craik and Lockhart was a laboratory experiment. However, one weakness of a laboratory experiment is regarding its representativeness. This study was low in mundane realism, as it did not reflect a real everyday life
The multi- store model of memory is an explanation to how memory processes work, we hear, see and feel many things but only a small number are remembered, the model was first introduced by Atkinson and Shiffrin in (1968), whereby they explained tat the multi-store model of memory has 3 stages which is sensory memory, short-term memory and long-term memory, this information processing approach to Cognitive Psychology, describes the mental functions which occur between stimulus and response, it is based upon the model of the mind as a computer.
Unprocessed data enters the sensory memory from external reality through the sense organs and is encoded into a ‘mind-friendly’ format, …show more content…
To prevent rehearsal, they counted backwards in threes from the number and then recalled the trigram. Participants were unable to recall the trigram at all after 18-30 seconds indicating that this is was the life span of items in the short-term …show more content…
The evidence which they collected through their experiment was clearly to refute the approach by the multistore model of memory regarding the predominant view of fixed memory stores. The evidence gathered to refute the view of fixed permanent stores was, with the help of a sachitoscope they tested the effect of depth of processing on memory by giving subjects words with questions which required different levels of processing. However the text mentioned by Craik and Tulving was the empirical evidence to support their alternative model of memory processing. The methodology used for this particular study by Craik and Lockhart was a laboratory experiment. However, one weakness of a laboratory experiment is regarding its representativeness. This study was low in mundane realism, as it did not reflect a real everyday life