Question

In Atkinson and Shiffrin's view of memory:

A. functional processes, such as deep level processing, are more important than the storehouses of memory.
B. short-term memory serves as an intermediate store between sensory memory and long-term memory.
C. information is stored in propositional networks that retain the meaning, but not the detail, of the perceptual experience.
D. information is stored in distributed neural calculational arrays.

Answer 1

B. short-term memory serves as an intermediate store between sensory memory and long-term memory.

Explanation:

The Atikinson & Shiffrin (1968) view of memory is based on a computer metaphor of the mind -- although its roots go back to William James (1890). The model is defined below:

1. Incoming sensory information is initially held in the sensory registers.

2. By means of attention, some information is transferred to short-term memory.

3. Information is maintained in short-term memory by means of rehearsal. If the information in short-term memory receives enough rehearsal, it is copied into long-term memory by means of certain encoding processes.

4. Information can be transferred from long-term memory back to short term memory by means of certain retrieval processes.

5. Information in long-term memory is also used to support pattern-recognition processes in the sensory registers.

Answer 2

The best answer is "B"

short-term memory serves as an intermediate store between sensory memory and long-term memory.