PSYC 213 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Echoic Memory, Iconic Memory, Sensory Memory
25 Dec 2018
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Importance of memory: some aspect of memory is involved in everything we do: constructing a memory - ex: bicycle reconstruct through memory lack accuracy, 1. Memory systems: sensory memory: a fraction of a second, short term/working memory: ~30 seconds, long term memory: if attend what is in working memory, could store information for minutes to years. Sensory memory: unprocessed form of memory, according to what is sensed. Iconic memory: visual information held very briefly, fading within milliseconds. "persistence of vision: echoic memory: auditory information held briefly ex: what time is it? huh, what? oh 8:30. Short memory/working memory: short term storage of information from sensory memory, limited capacity 5-9 items (items depend on personal experiences, capacity can increase by chunking information. Information moves to long term memory via additional processing such as rehearsing. Autobiographical encompasses both semantic memory: episodic memory involves remembering specific details, semantic memory situates events in an appropriate framework (schemas and scripts)
