PSY100H1 Lecture 10: Lecture 10
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echoic memory lasts about 2 seconds (sure i was listening . you said) Iconic memory lasts about 1/3 of a second (remembering something that happened very quickly and remembering it very briefly) attention is the process that moves information from the sensory sore to short-term memory. think of attention as a spotlight everything that is not in the spot light disappears. short-term memory: a limited capacity memory system involved in the retention of info for brief periods. It is used for temporary use of long-term recollections. stm is like a workbench w/ approximately 7 items on it. When a new item is put on the bench, another one falls off. a single letter, number, word, or clich can all count as units in stm. we can overcome limits of stm through chunking. chunk: meaningful unit of info may be composed of smaller units.
