PSYCH101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Sensory Memory, Heredity, Caffeine

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Richard Ennis

Document Summary

Stage model: encoding and storage: sensory memory (register, ionic and echoic memory, transfer to stm, internal and external triggers, short-term memory (stm, working memory, 7 +/- 2, evaluation of information, permanence, capacity, long-term memory (ltm) Memory is essentially a way of storing our sensations and perceptions. This allows us to encounter our world, but not re-experiencing everything every time: stages, initial encounter, filtering process, storage process, retrieval process. The first stage is referred to as sensory memory. Manipulation/filtration of memory is known as the short term memory. Long term memory refers to our storage and retrieval process. Stimuli arousal: the sensory register has a time limit, and if we don"t process the information quick enough, we will forget it, iconic (visual) memory, echoic (sound) memory. Sensory memory is only truly effective if you use either the internal or external triggers.