Sit down

Get your pens and books out

Where’s Wally?

Multi-Store Model of Memory

By the end of this lesson I will be able to…• Understand the flow of information in memory

• Understand the distinction between encoding, storage and retrieval• Understand the multi-store explanation of memory

Starter:• Discuss with the person next to you• How is memory like a computer?

What is memory?Memory is our ability to store, retain, & recall information.

There are 3 things (processes) that our memory needs to do:1. Encode 2. Store 3. Retrieve

How is memory like a computer?

Putting information in, in a way we can understand

Keeping it there until we need it

Finding the information and bringing it back out of storage

Copy this diagram and label it

Types of Memory storage• SM: Sensory Memory (storage) – hold information received from the

senses for a very short period of time

• STM: Short-Term Memory (storage) – holds approximately seven chunks of information for a limited number of time

• LTM: Long-Term Memory (storage) – holds a vast amount of information for a very long time

Copy these key words and definitions

No…NOT a multi-

storey!

One explanation of memory says that it has more than one store (storage space to hold memories)

Multi-Store Model of Memory

MSM: 1)Sensory Store1. Information arrives at our

senses2. This is briefly held in a part of

our memory called the sensory store

3. But it only stays there for a very short period of time and it will quickly fade away if we don’t do something with it…

Sight

Taste

Touch

Smell

Sound

Sensory Store

MSM: 2) Short-Term Store• Experiments have

shown that this store has a small capacity

• It can hold approx. 7 items or ‘chunks’ of information

• New info pushes old info out

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Miller’s Magic

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MSM: 3) Long Term Store• Experiments have

shown that this has a very large capacity

• Information can stay there for a very long time

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MSM• To successfully remember things

we have to transfer the information from the short term to the long term memory.

• Once there we should be able to remember the information forever, unless it is lost in some way.

STM LTM

The Multi-Store ModelAtkinson and Shiffrin

Incoming Sensory Information

Short Term

Memory

Sensory Memory

Long Term

Memory

Information not encoded

fades

Information lost by

displacement

EncodingEncoding

Retrieval

Rehearsal

E.g. the latest EastEnders

plotline

Rehearsal, or repeating, can keep

things in your STM for longer

STM has limited capacity – some things get

pushed out

We remember things by

‘retrieving’ them from our LTM

The EastEnders plotline will

stay here forever unless

it is lost

Extension – turn it over and draw it from memory in the back of your books

Quiz1. What are the three stages of memory (the first flow diagram you

drew)?2. What are the three types of memory storage?3. How long can information stay in our LTM?4. What did Atkinson and Shiffrin call their model of memory?5. According to Miller, how much information can we remember in our

STM?

Lesson Plan1. Recap what the model looks like – Gap fill diagram with word bank for differentiation2. Define/explain what a model is, e.g. tube map3. Activity – in pairs match cut outs of words and defs: encoding, retrieval, displacement, rehearsal4. Activity part 2 – stick them in their books in the right order – extension = highlight the key words5. Attention – how information is registered from senses (application/annecdote)6. Table – features of STM and LTM, write it in from the boards, one box at a time7. Gap-fill consolidation of what they have learned so far – differentiation with wordbank8. MSM in the real world – give an example, then they think of their own and write it as a continuous

prose – will need examples and a structure/sentence starters9. Evaluation of MSM – Worksheet, tick if true, use easy/obvious ones as false10. Gap fill summary of what they have learned11. Exam questions12. Plenary of 2nd lesson starter – giant model