Discuss The Central Executive Model Of Memory
Roth (1918) defines memory as the retention and retrieval of learning or prior experiences. There are three main models that explore memory.
The first of these is Atkinson and Shiffrin’s (1968) Multi- Store or Modal model of memory. Atkinson and Shiffrin categorise memory into three sub-systems; the sensory memory, the short-term memory (STM) and the long-term memory (LTM).
The sensory memory stores information for a very short period of time, only registering passing sensory information, such as sights, sounds and smells long enough for them to be acknowledged. This information is processed and then passed on to the STM. The STM is the next stage in the multi-store model of memory. From a series of studies Miller (1956) concluded that the …show more content…
The first of which was the central executive which was thought to be a supervisory system. The role of the central executive is to manage and direct sensory memory to other parts of the working memory. The other aspects of the working memory can be thought of as slave systems. The first of these is the Primary Acoustic Store (aka the inner ear) which remembers what has just been said. The next is the Articulatory or phonological loop (aka the inner voice) as it is the inner speech that occurs when we silently read or articulate words mentally. The last component of the working memory is the visuospatial (aka inner eye) this refers to our visual and spatial memory information and can be thought of as the details that come to mind when you imagine your journey from work to home you can bring to mind the buildings you pass and roads you go down as well as how long the journey may take and the distance …show more content…
Morris and Morris’ (1985) study lends support to this theory as they found that when answering questions about a film, witnesses were more accurate in recall if the question order followed the time sequence of the film than if they were randomly ordered. Lang (1989) also conducted a study which found that participants who were presented new stories in chronological order of events had a more accurate memory of the stories than those who were presented the stories in the form of a broadcast style. This idea seemed plausible and interested me thus is why I decided to delve deeper into this field of research. Based on previous findings I predict contextual prompts will have an effect on memory recall. More specifically, I hypothesise, that the order in which questions are asked will have a significant effect on the number of questions answered
The first of these is Atkinson and Shiffrin’s (1968) Multi- Store or Modal model of memory. Atkinson and Shiffrin categorise memory into three sub-systems; the sensory memory, the short-term memory (STM) and the long-term memory (LTM).
The sensory memory stores information for a very short period of time, only registering passing sensory information, such as sights, sounds and smells long enough for them to be acknowledged. This information is processed and then passed on to the STM. The STM is the next stage in the multi-store model of memory. From a series of studies Miller (1956) concluded that the …show more content…
The first of which was the central executive which was thought to be a supervisory system. The role of the central executive is to manage and direct sensory memory to other parts of the working memory. The other aspects of the working memory can be thought of as slave systems. The first of these is the Primary Acoustic Store (aka the inner ear) which remembers what has just been said. The next is the Articulatory or phonological loop (aka the inner voice) as it is the inner speech that occurs when we silently read or articulate words mentally. The last component of the working memory is the visuospatial (aka inner eye) this refers to our visual and spatial memory information and can be thought of as the details that come to mind when you imagine your journey from work to home you can bring to mind the buildings you pass and roads you go down as well as how long the journey may take and the distance …show more content…
Morris and Morris’ (1985) study lends support to this theory as they found that when answering questions about a film, witnesses were more accurate in recall if the question order followed the time sequence of the film than if they were randomly ordered. Lang (1989) also conducted a study which found that participants who were presented new stories in chronological order of events had a more accurate memory of the stories than those who were presented the stories in the form of a broadcast style. This idea seemed plausible and interested me thus is why I decided to delve deeper into this field of research. Based on previous findings I predict contextual prompts will have an effect on memory recall. More specifically, I hypothesise, that the order in which questions are asked will have a significant effect on the number of questions answered