Pearson Edexcel International A Level · Psychology (YPS01)

Multi-store model of memory: Practice Questions

5 multiple-choice questions marked as you go, and 4 written questions with worked solutions. All on Multi-store model of memory.

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Question 1

1 mark

According to the Multi-store Model of memory proposed by Atkinson and Shiffrin (1968), what is the estimated duration of the sensory register before information is either lost or passed to short-term memory?

Question 2

1 mark

Which component of the Working Memory Model (Baddeley and Hitch, 1974) acts as a temporary storage system that integrates information from the other slave systems and long-term memory into a single multidimensional representation?

Question 3

1 mark

In Bartlett's (1932) study using the "War of the Ghosts," he noted that the story became consistently shorter and many details were omitted. Which specific process of reconstructive memory does this omission of detail describe?

Question 4

1 mark

In Bartlett's (1932) theory of Reconstructive Memory, what term is used when participants change details of a story to make it more culturally familiar or logical to themselves?

Question 5

1 mark

In a memory experiment using the Wilcoxon test with \( n = 10 \), a researcher calculates an observed value of \( T = 12 \). If the critical value at the \( p \leq .05 \) level is 8 for a one-tailed test, what should the researcher conclude?

Question 6

2 marks

Identify the two sub-systems that make up the phonological loop within the Working Memory Model (Baddeley and Hitch, 1974).

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Question 7

3 marks

Define ecological validity and explain its relevance when evaluating laboratory experiments in cognitive psychology.

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Question 8

5 marks

Contrast the capacity and duration of the short-term memory (STM) and the sensory register according to the Multi-store Model of memory.

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Question 9

4 marks

A researcher is investigating how students remember a list of words while simultaneously performing a mathematical task.
(a) Explain how the Working Memory Model (WMM) accounts for the ability to perform these two tasks at once.
(b) Briefly compare this to how the Multi-Store Model (MSM) would view the capacity and function of short-term storage in this scenario.

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