GPSY 5110 Study Guide - Long-Term Memory, Sensory Memory, Interference Theory
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It registers information from each of the senses with a reasonable accuracy. (ii) short-term memory - it refers to the system that holds small amount of information for a brief period of time. Once information enters here, it is never forgotten as it gets encoded semantically. Thus, it is a permanent storehouse of all the information. Maintenance rehearsals maintain the information through repetition. The information is lost when the repetition is discontinued. The short term memory system uses maintenance rehearsal to retain the information for a longer duration and it is carried through silent or vocal repetition. On the other hand, elaborative rehearsals associate the information that is to be retained with the already existing information in long-term memory. The permanence of new information is determined by the number of associations that is created around it. It related to procedures for accomplishing various and skills like driving a car or playing cricket. tasks.
