PSYCH101 Lecture : Lecture Six Memory

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Richard Ennis

Document Summary

Stage model: encoding and storage: sensory memory (register, ionic and echoic memory, transfer to stm, internal and external triggers, short-term memory (stm, working memory, 7 +/- 2, evaluation of information, permanence, capacity, long-term memory (ltm) Memory is essentially a way of storing our sensations and perceptions. This allows us to encounter our world, but not re-experiencing everything every time: stages, initial encounter, filtering process, storage process, retrieval process. The first stage is referred to as sensory memory. Manipulation/filtration of memory is known as the short term memory. Long term memory refers to our storage and retrieval process. Not r ord tr ns rr st r egi e e a fe e d to t. **final exam information: 72** quick enough, we will forget it: iconic (visual) memory, echoic (sound) memory. Short term memory: the sensory register has a time limit, and if we don"t process the information.