PSY2012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Echoic Memory, Implicit Memory, Explicit Memory
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Note: our coverage of this chapter will be limited to: Summarize the 3-stage processing model of memory. Sensory memory: information comes and is immediately lost. Short-term memory: some info is put into short-term memory through rehearsal while the rest is lost. Long-term memory: rehearsed short-term memory is distributed to long-term memory. Describe three functions of working (short-term) memory and report its average span and duration. Brief memory for material that you are currently processing. Whatever you"re giving your conscious attention to. Explain how chunking may enhance the ability to hold information in working (short-term) memory. Increases the amount of information that can fit in working memory. State the span and duration of long-term memory and differentiate the subtypes of long-term memory. Long-term memory: contains memory for experiences and knowledge collected over a lifetime; has a very large capacity; memories are stored in a distributed manner.
