In an experimental trial, participants are briefly shown a grid of 12 letters for 50 milliseconds. If they are cued immediately after the grid vanishes to recall a specific row, their recall is almost perfect. However, if the cue is delayed by 1.0 second, their recall performance drops significantly.
Which store of the Multi-store Model of Memory (MSM) and which of its features are demonstrated by these findings?
Short-term memory, demonstrating visual coding and a duration of up to 30 seconds.
Sensory register, demonstrating a high capacity and a duration of less than a second.
Sensory register, demonstrating a limited capacity of 7±27 \pm 27±2 items and semantic coding.
Short-term memory, demonstrating acoustic coding and an unlimited capacity.
Practise AQA A Level Psychology Multi-store model of memory with exam-style questions for A Level Psychology. 56 questions, matched to the AQA A Level Psychology (7182) specification and written in Paper 1, Paper 2 and Paper 3 style. Every question includes a full worked solution and mark scheme, so you can see where marks are awarded rather than just whether you got the answer right.
