PSYC 334 Chapter 5: Chapter 5

• School: Chico State University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 334
• Professor: Martinusvanden Berg

Document Summary

Short-term memory: a temporary memory store for information that is currently unawareness. Working memory: a memory system in which conscious, attention-consuming processes are performed. Short-term memory acts as a bottleneck due to limited capacity. Limited, relative to the sensory registers and relative to long-term memory. Recoding: process of grouping items together (creating chunks), and then remembering the newly formed groups (chunks) Clever recoding strategies make it possible to hold lots of information. 3-digit number, and start counting backwards by 3. Decay: forgetting is caused simply by the passage of time ): Proactive interference: older material interferes with recollection of current stimulus. Retroactive interference: newer materials interferes with recollection of older items. Example: your current phone number interferes with your ability to remember your childhood home number. Serial position curve: how well do you remember each item, depending on its position in the list. Primacy effect: accuracy of recall for the early list positions.