EDPY 401 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Sensory Memory
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S: state the concept as briefly, clearly, and precisely as possible by constructing a good definition or single clear, well formulated sentence. E: elaborate on something to expand or explain it in your own words by starting the phrase with (cid:862)in other words(cid:863) E: exemplify by clarifying what you mean with a good, well chosen, original example. I: illustrate to provide further clarity by giving literal or actual picture. S: sensory memory registers small pieces of information from the environment for two to three seconds. E: it is part of the information processing theory and the environment can interfere with the information. In other words, it is the information we take from the environment even when it is not relevant to what we are doing or not. E: someone walks outside and without hesitation shivers because it is cold outside.