The Multi-Store Memory Model

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The multi-store memory model was discovered by Atkinson and Shiffrin. It can be
termed as structural model (Shapira 2020). They mentioned that the memory has three stores: a
sensory register, short term memory as well as long-term memory. The movement of data occurs
from one store to another. The movement is performed in linear fashion. It is called information
processing model. It is almost similar to the computer. It has input, process as well as output.
Information is taken by some sense of organs. It joins into sensory memory.
One positive point of the multi-store model is that it provides a good structure of memory
as well as procedure of Short-term-memory. It is an excellent approach because it helps the
researchers to enhance the model (Zelizer 2020). It means that researches can do some
experiments to enhance this model. It increases its validity. They can prove that the actual
function of the store. For that reason, it can be said that this model is influential.
The model is not complicated. It recommends that short and long term memories are
operating in single as well as uniform fashion. It is quite clear that short and long term memories
are very complex (Willis and Cromby 2020). For example, Working Model of Memory invented
by Baddeley and Hitch highlighted that short term memory is treated a simple store. It consists of
several parts. For long term memory, it is quite common that various types of knowledge such as
procedure of playing of computer game, rules for performing the subtraction operation and
memorizing what a person performed in the previous day are all preserved in a single as well as
long term memory store. There are various kinds of long-term memory that are detected. These
are episodic, procedural and semantic. Rehearsal is a simplest elaboration for shifting of
information between short and long term memory. This model avoids different factors such as

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strategy and effects and motivation. Rehearsal is not very important for the movement of
information inside the long term memory. For example, why a person can remember some
information which he did not rehearse but not able to remember the things which he rehearsed
repeatedly (For example, remembering the study notes). The main focus of the model is on the
structure of the memory and it gravitates to avoid process element of memory. For example, it
mainly focuses on the attention as well as rehearsal. Elaboration rehearsal includes a more
specific analysis of information and it helps to perform a good recollection operation.
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Type of Memory Description Example
Example: Long Term
Memory
Long-term memory stores
information over a long
period of time (Sheehan et
al. 2020 ). It is thought that
long-term memory decays
very little over time, and
can store an unlimited
amount of information
almost indefinitely.
When I go grocery
shopping I have to write a
list of the items that I don’t
buy very often and might
forget. However, I do not
need to write a list for the
things I buy every week as
they are stored in my long
term memory and I do not
need help to remember
them.
Procedural Memory
It is a type of implicit
For example, when I play
basketball then it is called

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memory which can be
utilized to know how to
perform different
operations. It is called
motor skills (Sharpira
2020). Procedural memory
preserves the information
regarding the procedure of
storing certain information.
Procedural memory is a
superset of this memory.
procedural memory.
Declarative Memory
It is a kind of memory that
is related to facts as well as
events (Park et al. 2020). It
highlights those memories
that can be recalled. It is
also called explicit memory
For example, I know that
my favourite restaurant is
opened till 6 pm. It is called
declarative memory.