PSYCH 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Multiple Choice, Sensory Memory, Sketchpad
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The longer the delay, the greater the memory loss. Duration of sensory memory differs for different senses. Brown/peterson and peterson (1958/1959) measured the duration of working memory by manipulating rehearsal. Duration of working memory is 20 seconds. Estimates on capacity range from 1000 billion to 1,000,000 billion bits of information (landauer, 1986) In 2011, humanity could carry out 6. 4 x 10^18 instructions per second with all of its computers- similar to the number off (pappas, 2016) Relearning- memory measure that examines time saved when learning material again. Memories are held in storage by a web of associations. These associations are like anchors that help retrieve memory. Scuba divers recalled more words underwater if they learning match testing (godden & baddeley, 1975) A given mood tends to cue memories that are consistent with that mood. If you are depressed, you tend to recall on depressing things. If you are happy, you"ll tend to only recall happy things.
