What’s on the The Multi-Store Model poster
A 3-row table: Store · Capacity · Duration.
The classic model, still the starting point for every memory course.
- Sensory register — Very large — 0.25–2 seconds
- Short-term — 7 ± 2 items — ~18–30 seconds
- Long-term — Effectively unlimited — Potentially a lifetime
The main criticism is that it is too simple: short-term memory is not one store, and rehearsal alone does not create long-term memories.
Questions about the The Multi-Store Model poster
- What’s on the The Multi-Store Model poster?
- A 3-row table: Store · Capacity · Duration. The classic model, still the starting point for every memory course. Sensory register — Very large — 0.25–2 seconds; Short-term — 7 ± 2 items — ~18–30 seconds; Long-term — Effectively unlimited — Potentially a lifetime. The main criticism is that it is too simple: short-term memory is not one store, and rehearsal alone does not create long-term memories.
- Who is the The Multi-Store Model poster for?
- The Multi-Store Model belongs to the Psychology section rather than to a school year, because life science is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning cognitive can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the The Multi-Store Model poster?
- Sensory, short-term, long-term. Each with its own capacity, duration and coding. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so The Multi-Store Model belongs on the wall where that life science work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with The Multi-Store Model?
- Attention, Cognitive Load and Decision Making sit alongside The Multi-Store Model in the Psychology section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.AttentionCognitive LoadDecision Making
- Is the The Multi-Store Model poster free to download and print?
- Yes. The Multi-Store Model downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Psychology section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the The Multi-Store Model poster print at?
- The Multi-Store Model is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of The Multi-Store Model loses nothing.Printing guide
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