2.1.2 Multi-store model of memory Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Psychology, Unit 2

The 20 questions

1. Who proposed the multi-store model of memory in 1968?

   • Baddeley and Hitch
   • Atkinson and Shiffrin
   • Bartlett
   • Tulving

2. In the multi-store model, which process transfers information into long-term memory?

   • Spontaneous decay
   • Selective attention
   • Prolonged rehearsal
   • Sensory gating

3. What is the capacity of short-term memory according to Miller (1956)?

   • Unlimited items
   • 7 ± 2 items
   • 15 ± 2 items
   • 2 ± 1 items

4. What is the duration of short-term memory without rehearsal (Peterson and Peterson, 1959)?

   • 2 to 5 minutes
   • 18 to 30 seconds
   • 1 to 2 seconds
   • Unlimited time

5. Which store in the multi-store model is considered to have unlimited capacity?

   • Working memory
   • Short-term memory
   • Sensory register
   • Long-term memory

6. According to the multi-store model, how is long-term memory primarily encoded?

   • Tactilely
   • Visually
   • Semantically
   • Acoustically

7. Which memory store relies primarily on acoustic encoding, causing confusion with similar-sounding words?

   • Sensory register
   • Episodic memory
   • Long-term memory
   • Short-term memory

8. What happens to unrehearsed information held in short-term memory over time?

   • It becomes permanent
   • It transfers automatically
   • It decays rapidly
   • It moves semantically

9. What is a major limitation of the multi-store model of memory?

   • Ignores long-term memory
   • Lacks empirical evidence
   • Ignores forgetting processes
   • Over-simplifies memory stores

10. What is the duration of information stored in the sensory register?

    • Unlimited duration
    • Several minutes
    • Less than a second
    • 18 to 30 seconds

11. Which concept describes the linear movement of memory through encoding, storage, and retrieval?

    • Levels of processing
    • Information processing
    • Reconstructive memory
    • Schema theory

12. Which methodological issue is often linked to the multi-store model's supporting evidence?

    • High researcher bias
    • Lack of standardisation
    • Low ecological validity
    • Poor sample sizes

13. A phone number forgotten after 20 seconds without rehearsal was held in which store?

    • Long-term memory
    • Short-term memory
    • Semantic memory
    • Sensory register

14. In the multi-store model, where must long-term memories be passed to for conscious awareness?

    • Sensory register
    • Short-term memory
    • Central executive
    • Visuospatial sketchpad

15. Which researchers investigated short-term memory duration using nonsense trigrams and counting backwards?

    • Peterson and Peterson
    • Baddeley and Hitch
    • Sebasti!n and Hern!ndez-Gil
    • Atkinson and Shiffrin

16. Which process transfers information from the sensory register into short-term memory?

    • Retrieval
    • Rehearsal
    • Encoding
    • Attention

17. Which term did Miller (1956) use to describe combining items to increase short-term capacity?

    • Rehearsal
    • Processing
    • Chunking
    • Retrieving

18. According to the multi-store model, what is the capacity of long-term memory?

    • 1–2 seconds
    • 20 seconds
    • 7 ± 2 items
    • Unlimited

19. Long-term memory encodes information mainly using which type of code?

    • Visual
    • Haptic
    • Semantic
    • Acoustic

20. How does the multi-store model describe the structure of short-term memory?

    • Multiple sub-components
    • A tripartite system
    • A single store
    • A dual-task processor

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