Models of memory

The two main models or memory are

• The multi-store model

• The working memory model

• The declining memory model

How many stores are there in the multi-store model of memory?

• Three

• Four

• Five

Select the THREE stores of the multi-store model

• Perception

• Attention

• Sensory

• Short-term memory

• Long-term memory

In order for information to pass from the sensory store to the short-term memory, what process needs to occur

• We need to attend to the sensory information

• We need to rehearse the sensory information

• Nothing, this happens automatically

A key process in keeping information in the short-term memory store and moving it to the long-term memory store is:

• Rehearsal

• Sensory processing

• Nothing, this happens automatically

This type of rehearsal involves repeating information to keep it in the short-term memory

• Maintenance rehearsal

• Elaborate rehearsal

When information is processed at a deep level in terms of its meaning this is known as

• Elaborate rehearsal

• Maintenance rehearsal

When studying for an exam, using your own examples to help you to remember certain concepts and theories is what kind of rehearsal?

• Elaborate

• Maintenance

True or False...once information is in the long-term memory it is never forgotten

• True

• False

According to the Multi-store Model, coding in the long-term store is mainly

• Acoustic

• Semantic

• Structural

• Sensory