PS275 Lecture Notes - Lecture 40: Heritage Language, Kauai, Gender Role
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Store model (atkinson and shiffrin, 1968): information is stored in 3 parts of a processing system. As info passes through the stores we operate on it, and transform it using different mental strategies. Sensory register: receives large amounts of info from senses (sight hearing touch etc). Only when we pay attention to something is it maintained in the sensory register. Holds limited amount of info for a few seconds (5-20 sec). Ways to hold info in stm: rehearsal: Maintenance rehearsal: repeated info, the longer it stays in stm, the greater the chance it will be transferred to ltm. Elaborative rehearsal: associating info in stm with something you already know (something in your ltm). The more connections made b/w new info in the stm and info in ltm, the more easily it will be moved into ltm as natural: organization: Capacity 5-9 distinct bits (each bit can contain much info). Allows 5-9 groups of info rather than 5-9 pieces.