Multi Store Model
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 by revealing the difficulties faced in healthcare when giving information to patients, and show various examples of strategies which can enhance memory so that patients might remember better, the information they are given within their medical consultations.
Various memory models were created to try to provide a visual picture of how exactly our memory works. They show the individual parts of the memory, which then go on to create the whole system. They also attempt to tell us what each of the parts do, alone, and how they work together. Multi-store …show more content…
Therefore, this means there are five sub stores within the sensory memory.
Experiments conducted in sight, also known as ‘iconic’ memory, showed that images disappear very quickly from the iconic memory. The sound or ‘echoic’ store has shown through experimentation to hold sounds for as long as four seconds, enough time that it can hold a sentence.
In order for this sensory information to reach the next stage of the memory process, short-term memory, it has to be ‘attended’ to, or ‘paid attention to’. The senses are under constant bombardment of information coming in, but most of that information is ignored i.e. we do not pay any attention to it, so it does not make it on to this next stage. This ignored information is quickly lost because new information is constantly taking its
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 by revealing the difficulties faced in healthcare when giving information to patients, and show various examples of strategies which can enhance memory so that patients might remember better, the information they are given within their medical consultations.
Various memory models were created to try to provide a visual picture of how exactly our memory works. They show the individual parts of the memory, which then go on to create the whole system. They also attempt to tell us what each of the parts do, alone, and how they work together. Multi-store …show more content…
Therefore, this means there are five sub stores within the sensory memory.
Experiments conducted in sight, also known as ‘iconic’ memory, showed that images disappear very quickly from the iconic memory. The sound or ‘echoic’ store has shown through experimentation to hold sounds for as long as four seconds, enough time that it can hold a sentence.
In order for this sensory information to reach the next stage of the memory process, short-term memory, it has to be ‘attended’ to, or ‘paid attention to’. The senses are under constant bombardment of information coming in, but most of that information is ignored i.e. we do not pay any attention to it, so it does not make it on to this next stage. This ignored information is quickly lost because new information is constantly taking its