PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Iconic Memory, Echoic Memory, Long-Term Memory

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Jill Bee Rich

Document Summary

Array of letters and digits to ss on the t-scope for brief durations. I remembered 4 letters from the first flash. Level of accuracy remained the same whether exposure was 5 ms or 500 ms. Signaled which row to be reported after presentation. Conclude: great deal of sensory info is available in iconic memory. This tells us that there"s a lot of info available in this iconic memory, but when doing the full report method, not able to report is. Only about 4 items can be reported, but actual capacity is larger. Takes time to report what you saw, as you"re reporting-what you initially saw is fading. Duration-lasts about 20-30 seconds, time held into mind. Elaborative rehearsal-(attempt to relate info to personal or meaningful material) Letters that sound alike confused with each other. When people rehears to them selves, they generally rehearse verbally. Form single group out of bits of information. "yloospgyhc", scrambled letters for "psychology" is harder to remember.