Question 1
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Who invented the multi-store model?
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Atkinson and Shiffrin
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Milgram
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Shea
Question 2
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What does the multi-store model suggest?
Question 3
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In the multi-store model, Information is detected by the sense organs and enters the...
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sensory memory
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short term memory
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long-term memory
Question 4
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In the multi-store model, after information enters the sensory memory; if attended to this information enters the...
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short term memory
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long-term memory
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Visuo-Spatial Sketchpad
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phonological loop
Question 5
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In the multi-store model, if information from the STM is is rehearsed it's transferred to the...
Question 6
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In the multi-store model, If rehearsal does not occur, then information is...
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Remembered in STM
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Forgotten
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Remembered in LTM
Question 7
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In the multi-store model, what is the duration of sensory memory?
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1/4 to 1/2 second
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1/5 to 1 second
Question 8
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In the multi-store model what is the duration of Short Term Memory?
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0-10 seconds
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0-18 seconds
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5 minutes
Question 9
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In the multi-store model, what is the capacity of the Short Term Memory?
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7 +/- 2 items
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10+/-3 items
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2+/-3 items
Question 10
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In the multi-store model, how is information encoded in the STM?
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mainly auditory
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mainly semantic
Question 11
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In the multi-store model, what is the capacity of the LTM?
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Unlimited
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100 items
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200 items
Question 12
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In the multi-store model, what is the duration of the LTM?
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30 minutes
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Unlimited
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4 hours
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20 hours
Question 13
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In the multi-store model, how is information ended in the LTM?
Question 14
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What are strengths of the multi-store model?
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The model can account for primacy & recency effects.
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Applies to real life tasks: reading (phonological loop), problem solving (central executive), navigation (visual and spatial processing)
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The model is influential as it has generated a lot of research into memory.
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The model makes sense of a range of tasks - verbal reasoning, comprehension, reading, problem solving and visual and spatial processing.
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The model is supported by studies of amnesiacs: For example the HM case study.
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Supported by dual task studies.
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Does not over emphasize the importance of rehearsal for STM retention
Question 15
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What are weaknesses of the multi-store model?
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The model is oversimplified, both short-term and long-term memory are more complicated that previously thought.
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There is little direct evidence for how the central executive works and what it does. The capacity of the central executive has never been measured.
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The model suggests rehearsal helps to transfer information into LTM but this is not essential.
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Does not explain changes in processing ability that occur as the result of practice or time.
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The models main emphasis was on structure and tends to neglect the process elements of memory (e.g. it only focuses on attention and rehearsal).
Question 16
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Who invented the working memory model?
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Baddeley and Hitch
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Atkinson and Shiffrin
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Milgram
Question 17
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What does the working memory model say?
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Instead of all information going into one single store, there are different systems for different types of information.
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Memory is made up of a series of stores.
Question 18
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What is the Central Executive?
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Drives the whole system and allocates data to the subsystems. It also deals with cognitive tasks such as mental arithmetic and problem solving.
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Part of working memory that deals with spoken and written material. It can be used to remember a phone number. It consists of two parts
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Stores and processes information in a visual or spatial form.
Question 19
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What is the Central Executive?
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Drives the whole system and allocates data to the subsystems. It also deals with cognitive tasks such as mental arithmetic and problem solving.
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Part of working memory that deals with spoken and written material. It can be used to remember a phone number. It consists of two parts
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Stores and processes information in a visual or spatial form.
Question 20
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What is the Visuo-Spatial Sketchpad?
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Stores and processes information in a visual or spatial form, used for navigation.
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Part of working memory that deals with spoken and written material. It can be used to remember a phone number. It consists of two parts
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Drives the whole system and allocates data to the subsystems.
Question 21
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What is the phonological loop?
Question 22
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What was the aim of Baddeley and Hitch's study (1976)?
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To investigate if participants can use different parts of working memory at the same time.
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To investigate if people would obey authority and shock people to a harmful shock that would kill them.
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To investigate if participants can use two parts of their brain at the same time.
Question 23
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Participants were asked to perform two tasks at the same time (dual task technique) - a digit span task which required them to repeat a list of numbers, and a verbal reasoning task which required them to answer true or false to various questions (e.g. B is followed by A?). Who conducted this experiment?
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Baddeley and Hitch
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Atkinson and Shiffrin
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Harry Harlow
Question 24
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What is the episodic buffer?
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Acts as a 'backup' store which communicates with both long term memory and the components of working memory.
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Linked to speech perception Holds information in speech-based form (i.e. spoken words) for 1-2 seconds.
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Linked to speech production. Used to rehearse and store verbal information from the phonological store.
Question 25
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What are strengths of the working memory model?
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It makes sense of a range of tasks - verbal reasoning, comprehension, reading, problem solving and visual and spatial processing.
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The working memory applies to real life tasks: reading (phonological loop), problem solving (central executive), navigation (visual and spatial processing)
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The HM case study.
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The KF Case Study.
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Does not over emphasize the importance of rehearsal for STM retention.
Question 26
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What are strengths of the working memory model?
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It makes sense of a range of tasks - verbal reasoning, comprehension, reading, problem solving and visual and spatial processing.
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The working memory applies to real life tasks: reading (phonological loop), problem solving (central executive), navigation (visual and spatial processing)
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The HM case study.
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The KF Case Study.
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Does not over emphasize the importance of rehearsal for STM retention.
Question 27
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What are weaknesses of the working memory model?
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There is little direct evidence for how the central executive works and what it does.
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The capacity of the central executive has never been measured.
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It is not a comprehensive model of memory
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The model is oversimplified.
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Neglects the process elements of memory.
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Does not explain changes in processing ability that occur as the result of practice or time.
Question 28
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What are weaknesses of the working memory model?
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There is little direct evidence for how the central executive works and what it does.
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The capacity of the central executive has never been measured.
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It is not a comprehensive model of memory
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The model is oversimplified.
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Neglects the process elements of memory.
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Does not explain changes in processing ability that occur as the result of practice or time.
Question 29
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Who investigated the capacity of short term memory?
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Baddeley and Hitch
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Atkinson and Shiffrin
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Miller