PSY 2601 Lecture 10: Lecture 10- Short Term
19 Oct 2015
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Top down influences allow us to go from cognition to input. Memory buffers when cognition gets hard, we have storage buffers in place to support early processing of that material. Dictionary a person"s power to remember things. Our definition the process by which information is encoded, stored, and retrieved. Encoding (registration) receiving information from environment, processing it, and combining it with other information that"s being processed. Storage creation of a permanent record of encoded information. Retrieval (recall) calling back the stored information in response to some cue in a process or activity. Sensory memory records information from each sense with reasonable accuracy (iconic and echoic memory) Short-term memory holds information that is currently being processed. Lasts no longer than 30 seconds unless rehearsed or repeated. Long-term memory receives a subset of information from short-term memory. Miller (1856) the magical number 7, plus or minus 2 . Stm capacity typically measured by digit span tasks.
