PSY399H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Long-Term Memory, Sensory Memory, Explicit Memory
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Process of memory implicit memory--our recollection of information that was not consciously encoded and stored: explicit memory is our recollection of information that has been consciously encoded, stored and retrieved includes three components: Encoding--processing information and integrating it into our existing storehouse of memory. Storage--the process of keeping information in memory. Retrieval--recalling information from memory when it is required. For these processes to be activated, the organism must attend to certain information for further processing--called attention information is moved into memory is through: Rote rehearsal which involves repeating the information over and over again. Stage 1: sensory memory: stage 1-- sensory memory involves storing information for a very short period of time: Iconic (visual) memory lasts about one half second. Echoic (auditory) memory last about three to five seconds the initial tests of sensory memory involved looking at visual display like this for a fraction of a second and then being asked to recall all the letters:
