The Multistore Model of Memory
The multistore model is a representation of memory based on having
more than one different kind of store for remembered information.
Atkinson and Shiffrin (1968) proposed this model based on evidence
related to the separate stores of memory (e.g. serial position:
primacy recency, forgetting etc.). It suggests that memory comprises
of three separate stores, the sensory memory store, the short-term
memory and the long-term memory, each store having a specific and
relatively inflexible function:
Information enters and is initially stored in SM which holds
information for very brief periods of time if the information is not
concentrated on. However, if a person’s attention is focused on
material in Sensory Memory, this leads to STM storage which has
limited capacity and relatively short duration. Information is then
simply rehearsed in the STM and if rehearsed sufficiently is
transferred to LTM which has potentially unlimited capacity and
duration.
There is a general agreement that there is an STM/LTM distinction, and
this is well supported by the empirical evidence. For example, some of
the evidence in support of the distinction between STM and LTM comes
from case studies of people with brain damage which gives rise to
memory impairment. Milner (1966) reported on a young man, referred to
as HM, who was left with severe memory impairment after brain surgery.
He was able to talk normally and to recall accurately events and
people from his life before surgery, and his immediate digit span was
within normal limits. He was, however, unable to retain any new
information and could not lay d...
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...emory system at the expense of adequately explaining
the processes involved. For example, visual stimuli registering in
sensory memory are thought to be changed to an acoustic code for
access to STM. In order to translate the pattern of the letter 'M'
into the sound 'em', the individual needs to access knowledge about
letter shapes and sounds which is stored in LTM. This means that
information from LTM must flow backwards through the system to the
recoding stage prior to STM. This suggests that the flow of
information through the system is interactive rather than strictly
sequential as Atkinson and Shiffrin suggested.
In conclusion, the multistore model may be over-simplified and
inaccurate in some areas but it has still been the basis of many later
models and is still a useful way to look at memory in general.
...Baddeley (1966) study of encoding in the short term memory and long term memory supports the MSM model on the mode of processing such that words are processed on recall and both models share the same opinion that processing does influence recall. Finally, the MSM model of memory states that all information is stored in the long term memory, however, this interpretation contrasts with that of Baddeley (1974) who argue that we store different types of memories and it is unlikely that they occur only in the LTM store. Additionally, other theories have recognised different types of memories that we experience, therefore it is debatable that all these different memories occur only in the long-term memory as presumed by the multi-store model which states the long term memory store as with unlimited capacity, in addition it also fails to explain how we recall information.
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...able conditions; while people will usually prefer options presented earlier for undesirable conditions (Epley, 2009). A patient of H. M. case study shown the multi-store model. H.M. who was unable to make new long term memories but whose short-term memories remain unaffected. It shows that there are separate long-term and short-term stores (Atkinson & Shiffrin, 1968).
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The topic within chapter eight that I found to be most interesting, was the subject that covered “The Cost of Memory Errors”. I found this to be the most intriguing topic, because the memories one possesses may, or may not contain false elements within the memory itself. It seems a little unsettling that one can increase, or take away elements from a memory for it to make since in one’s own mind. It leads one to wonder how the memories one possesses can be trusted to be completely accurate. How is it possible for a single memory to be remembered in different aspects?
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