Question

Using the Atkinson-Shiffrin Model of Memory Formation as a theoretical framework, describe how you would memorize and permanently store the names of your classmates as they are verbally stated to you. Name and define the three types of memory described in this model. Additionally, name and describe at least 3 additional processes that must occur in order for information to be permanently stored and used according to this particular model.

Answer 1

According to the Atkinson-Shiffrin Model of Memory, information is first detected by the sense organs and enters the sensory memory. The names of our classmates must first be seen or heard to be memorised. If the information attended to, it enters the short term memory. Information from the short-term memory is transferred to the long-term memory only if that information is rehearsed. We would require to repeatedly expose ourselves to the names of our classmates in order for us to store it in the long term memory. This process is referred to as maintenance rehearsal and if it does not occur, then information is forgotten, and lost from short term memory through the processes of displacement or decay.