PSY100H1 Chapter 7: chapter 7 notes from text
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Basic stages of memory (3 stages for modal memory model: modal memory model and long-term memory. Participants asked to recall one of rows at various levels of flash 3 rows of letters delay (iconic) [levels of delay with ability to recall?] Iconic + echoic allow us to experience world as a continuous stream rather then discrete sensations: attention is the process that moves information from the sensory store to short-term memory. Limited capacity memory system holding info in awareness for a brief period of time (also info that is retrieved from ltm), 20-30 sec? www. notesolution. com. ~ 7 (+/- 2) items (chunking: the organization of the letters is much easier to recall because: memory span limited to at most 7 items, but items can be letters, numbers, words, concepts. meaningful units easier to remember than nonsense units: chunking. Process of organizing info into meaningful units.
