processes such as memory‚ remembering and problem solving. The cognitive approach is interested in how people take in information‚ how they mentally represent it and how they store it. It also looks at how the information is perceived and processed and how integrated patterns of behaviour occur. Memory is fundamental to our lives‚ we have to recall who we are‚ recognise the faces of everyone we meet and remember how to move and communicate. Several models of the way in which memory is structured and
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Memory- Task 1 Evaluate the usefulness of the three models of memory (multi-store model‚ working memory model and the levels of processing model) and discuss practical implications of memory research. Atkinson and Shiffrin ’s Multi- store Model of Memory (1968) hypothesises that there are three stores for memory; Sensory memory‚ short term memory (STM) and long term memory (LTM). The theory states that a memory passes through each of the stores and that the importance of the memory determines which
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& Evaluate The Multi-Store Model Of Memory (12 Marks) The multi-store model of memory is widely renowned as the definitive concept of how our memory works‚ through inter-connected stores. We encode information into our sensory memory by using incoming stimuli (our five senses)‚ our sensory memory is very limited‚ allowing us to only store around 2 items‚ for as little as 1 or 2 seconds. If however‚ we pay attention to the information that has been encoded into our sensory memory‚ it then proceeds
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Outline and Evaluate the Multi – Store Model of Memory ( 12 marks ) Information from the environment enters sensory memory‚ encoded through one of the 5 senses depending on the type of information. If attention is paid to this information it will enter short term memory ( STM )which‚ according to Miller‚ has a capacity of 7+/- 2 bits of information. It can last up to 18 seconds‚ without rehearsal‚ according to Peterson and Peterson. Baddeley found that information in STM is encoded mainly
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Describe and Evaluate the Multi-Store Model of Memory (12 Marks) The Multi-Store Model explains how memory works through three stages in a fixed‚ linear sequence. Information is first detected from environmental stimuli and stored in the sensory memory as haptic‚ echoic or visual information. Only certain information can only be paid attention to‚ as the capacity and duration of the sensory memory is very limited. This information is then passed onto the STM. Only 7 + - 2 items can only be stored
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Evaluate the Working Memory Introduction Human memory is a complex cognitive structure‚ which can be defined in many ways. One would argue that memory is 1.) The mental function of retaining information about stimuli‚ event‚ images‚ ideas‚ etc. after the original stimuli is no longer present. 2.) The hypothesized storage system in the mind that holds this information is so retained. A clear distinction is made between different types of memory systems and can be divided into subclasses. The
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Memory is the storing and remembering‚ or retrieval‚ of information in the brain. When we are given a stimulus‚ the information we take in through our senses‚ it is encoded‚ then stored appropriately to be retrieved when needed. This essay will first describe what the multi-store model of memory is and how it works‚ then evaluate the theory by making comparisons with other models of memory‚ and showing its strengths and weaknesses by applying it to real life situations. The essay will continue
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Outline and evaluate the multi store model of memory (12 marks) The multi store model is made up of three different stores – the sensory store‚ short term store and long term store. It is an explanation of how memory processes (attention and rehearsal) function. The multi store model was described by Richard Atkinson and Richard Shiffrin in 1968. The first store is the sensory store. It is composed of many different stores such as the eyes‚ nose‚ tongue‚ fingers etc. and the consistent sections
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Outline and Evaluate Models of Memory. (12 Marks) There are roughly four models of memory in total‚ but two stand out and are used in this particular specification. Atkinson and Schifrin’s (1968) “Multi-Store Model” is one of them. Their model suggests that the memory consists of three stores‚ a sensory store‚ a short-term store and a long-term store; all three have a specific and relatively inflexible function. It stressed that information for our environment such as the visual or auditory
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criticised the multi-store model for being a very simplistic view of memory. They saw short term memory as a store that had many individual sections inside it. This was supported by patient KF who had epilepsy‚ the doctor wanted to try and remedy this by removing his hippocampus. This surgery was done‚ however instead of fixing his epilepsy‚ it damaged his short term memory‚ yet he still had his long term memory intact. In the multi-store model it states that in order to have long term memory‚ one needs
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