THEORY: Atkinson and Shiffrin (1968)

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Across
  1. 3. The capacity of LTM has not been established, but is considered to be _______.
  2. 5. Mental repetition of the stimulus.
  3. 8. A meaningful combination of units.
  4. 11. The name of the components human memory consists of in this model.
  5. 14. Has no established duration.
  6. 16. STM generally lasts for no longer than _____ seconds.
  7. 17. The model this theory refers to.
  8. 18. Detects information and holds it until it is transferred or lost.
  9. 19. Increases the duration of STM.
Down
  1. 1. Preparing/exhibiting an appropriate response to a stimulus.
  2. 2. Lasts for 2-5 seconds in sensory memory.
  3. 4. The multi-store model presents the structure of memory as consisting of ______ separate stores and the process as a unidirectional flow of information from one store to another.
  4. 6. The capacity of this component is everything in the perceptual field.
  5. 7. Systems which provide retention of limited amounts of material for a limited time period.
  6. 9. The concentration of awareness on some phenomenon to the exclusion of other stimuli.
  7. 10. The duration of sensory memory for visual stimuli.
  8. 12. ____ plus or minus two chunks of information is the capacity of this store according to Miller (1956).
  9. 13. A place for storing large amounts of information for indefinite periods of time.
  10. 15. The process of recovering or locating information stored in long term memory.