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sociogram

n. a graphic representation of the relations among members of a social unit or group. In most cases, each member of the group is depicted by a symbol, such as a lettered circle or square, and the types of relations among members (e.g., communication links, friendship pairings) are depicted by lines and arrows. Sociometry, as originally developed by Jacob L. Moreno, uses objective data collected by observers or self-reports provided by members of the group to generate sociograms.

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multistore model of memory

multistore model of memory

any theory hypothesizing that information can move through and be retained in any of several memory storage systems, usually of a short-term and a long-term variety. The first to propose a multistore model were U.S. cognitive psychologists Richard C. Atkinson and Richard M. Shiffrin (1942–  ) in 1968 (see information-processing model), with other researchers subsequently proposing their own such models as well. Also called storage-and-transfer model of memory. See dual-store model of memory; modal model of memory.