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Alternatives to Multistore Model. It’s about more than rehearsal. Multistore Model. Multistore Model. Surely, there is more to memory than lists of words n onsense syllables? . Alternatives to Rehearsal. Because we don’t go through life repeating everything we experience….
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Alternatives to Multistore Model It’s about more than rehearsal
Multistore Model Surely, there is more to memory than lists of words nonsense syllables?
Alternatives to Rehearsal • Because we don’t go through life repeating everything we experience…
Levels of Processing • The extent to which information is retained depends on the elaboration, distinctiveness and level of processing of the information. • Often, it’s not the rehearsal which is important but what we do with the information.
Levels of Processing • Craik & Lockhart (1972) • Don’t view memory as a structural phenomenon with long and short term stores. • Instead, view as a process. • Not where the information goes • but what we do with it.
Levels of Processing • Remember the memory experiments e.g. serial position effect? • Tried to give meaning to groups of items • Meaningful (i.e. semantically associated) items were recalled well.
Craik and Tulving (1975) • Participants were presented with lists of words via tachistope. • Asked one of four questions: • Yes or No answers:
Craik and Tulving (1975) • Is the word (TABLE/table) in capital letters? • This corresponds to structural processing • (Count the letters)
Craik and Tulving (1975) • Does the word (hate/chicken) rhyme with “wait”? • This corresponds to phonetic processing • (how it sounds)
Craik and Tulving (1975) • Is the word (cheese/steel) a type of food? • This corresponds to semantic processing • (meaning given to the word)
Craik and Tulving (1975) • Would the word (ball/rain) fit in the sentence “He kicked the …. Into the tree”? • This also corresponds to semantic processing • (meaning given to the word)
Craik and Tulving (1975) • Unexpected recognition test (We did free recall) • Predict results?
Elaboration • The more you are allowed to ‘work’ on the process (“Cognitive Effort”) the deeper the processing. High elaboration. • Craik and Tulving: She cooked the …….. • Vs. The great bird swooped down and carried off the ……. • Complex sentence, higher recall of target.
Bransfordet al. (1979) • Distinctiveness: • ‘A mosquito is like a doctor because they both draw blood’ • Vs. • ‘A mosquito is like a racoon because they both have hands, legs and jaws’ • Predict highest recall?
Evaluation • Level of processing • Distinctiveness • Elaboration • All three can occur at once, so which is actually producing the strongest trace? • Can have shallow processing and high elaboration/distinctiveness.
Evaluation • Difficult to define level of processing. • What is deep? Shallow? • Is trace stronger because processing is deep, or is it deep processing because we remember it better?
Application to Learning Environment • Discuss in your groups how knowledge of the model can be applied to help you learn. • How does it inform good note-taking practice? • How effective is highlighting? • Mindmapping?