PSYC 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Short-Term Memory
1 Apr 2016
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The average human brain can store 100 trillion bits of information. Memory is a complex psychological process that is influenced by many factors. State of your memory can be traced to your physical state and biological condition. German psychologist, herman eybinghous (?) studied syllables in meaningless order to arrive at unbiased memory (context missing undermines study) Input must be encoded, stored and maintained (moment to lifetime), then it must be retrieved on command when needed. Sensory store: (where does that come from?) Long term memory: storehouse for the world and what you know about yourself (unlimited) Long term memory is not an active memory dispatcher. Short term memory is the transient memory that holds all knowledge currently in use (paying attention to right now) New material is learned by associating it with old memory.
