PSY100Y5 Chapter 7: Psych Chapter 7
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Involves maintaining encoded information in memory over time. Involves focusing awareness on a narrowed range of stimuli or evens. Linking a stimulus to other information at the time of encoding. Proposes that deeper levels of processing result in longer-lasting memory codes. Argue that different rates of forgetting occur because some methods of encoding create more durable memory codes than others. Holds that memory is enhanced by forming semantic and visual codes, since either can lead to recall. Deciding how or whether information is personally relevant. Preserves information in its original sensory form for a brief time, usually only a fraction of a second. Incoming information passes through 2 temporary storage buffers the sensory store and short-term store before it is transferred into a long-term store. The process of repetitively verbalizing or thinking about the information. Limited-capacity store that can maintain unrehearsed information for up to 20 seconds.
