PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Sensory Memory, Sketchpad, Echoic Memory
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10/20/2015 (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) top down structure your experience, so you assimilate to what you"re experiencing. S-r vs s-o-r: revolution in psych. A memory system that momentarily preserves extremely accurate representations of sensory information information that is not quickly passed to the short-term memory is gone forever (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) A limited capacity memory system involved in the retention of information for brief periods of seconds (20-30s) Know the memory models in the textbook!! 3 main systems: phonological loop, visuospatial sketchpad, central executive. 7 items on it, when a new item is put on the bench, another one falls off (+ or 2) 2 = someone with brain damage or cognitive defects. We get better at packing items with more units ex. Cia to someone who had never heard of it before would be 3 units of information, but to someone who knows that it"s the central intelligence agency it would only be 1.