The Multi-Store Model Of Atkinson And Shiffrin

In everyday life, it is essential for people to remember how to perform certain tasks as well as recognize familiar faces amongst other things. This is made possible by retrieving information from our memory. Memory is the procedure whereby information is stored over a period of time (Maitlin, 2005). In order to better understand how information is processed, the multi-store model is used, based on the work of Atkinson and Shiffrin (1968). The model highlights the disconnection between learning and memory, in the sense that before information is stored, it goes through a certain process. According to Atkinson and Shiffrin (1968) there exist three types of memory, sensory, short term and long term. However several researchers do not agree with the multi-store model proposed by Atkinson and Shiffrin. In this essay, the types of memory, including the information that each of them stores, the importance each have, as well as directed criticism to the multi-store model will be assessed.
The processing of information starts with sensory memory
In this case people are convinced about believing thing that never really took place or happened. An example of this is, mistakenly believing one last saw a phone in the room whereas it was in the bathroom the whole time. False memory can be attributed to some contributing factors including misinformation and wrongly attributed information from the original source (Loftus, 1980). According to Bransford and Johnson (1973) remembering some information depends on undergoing processes whereby the information is related to some previous events. However they noted that people were more likely to fabricate stories in relation to previous information interfering with their present thoughts. As stated by Johnson and Raye (1981) information are sometimes manipulated as people confuse information previously