PSYC 2400H Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Echoic Memory, Iconic Memory, Sensory Memory

• School: Trent University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2400H
• Professor: Chan- Reynolds Michael

Document Summary

A memory system proposed by william james (1890); thought to be the area where information is initially stored so that it is available for consciousness, attention, and general use. A memory system proposed by william james (1890); thought to be the long-term storage area for memories. A memory model proposed by atkinson and shiffrin (1868), consisting of sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory. The visual and auditory sensory memory systems, respectively. Sensory memory has the ability to register a large amount of information, although it typically decays quickly; iconic memory has an upper limit of one second; echoic memory has a limit of two seconds. The term used to refer to the time course of forgetting. The process through which information in short-term memory is maintained. The process through which memory traces are stabilized to form long-term memories. A strategy used to increase the capacity of stm by arranging elements in groups (chucks) that can be more easily remembered.