EDUC 40 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Long-Term Memory, Triage, Dual Role
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No meaning attached to information unless it hits the brain. Held briefly for information triage (<2 sec) Holds this new info for less than 2 seconds. Divides and organizes sensory information in the sensory field. Focus in on what i think is central to the picture and what do i not need. Auditory perception (sound stream into individual words) Sound comes into a stream, and is being put into words by your mind. Creates meaningful units (chunks) of information for the working memory. Paring out irrelevant things and breaking stuff you might need. In order to put things in our working memory we have to pay attention. Aids in moving information to working memory. Motion, size, intensity, novelty (doesn"t make sense), incongruity, social cues, 7 +/-2 "chunks" (meaningful group of related bits of information) Size dependent on maturation, expertise, prior knowledge. Making sense of information that is coming in. Short duration (though not really "short term memory")
