PSYC 2000 Midterm: Exam 3 Study Guide Finished (Got A+ on the test)
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Remember: it is recommended you first go to your class notes to answer these questions. Your textbook can be used to fill in any blanks, and to help you better comprehend the material, but. All answers you need should be in class notes, if you have been in class and taken good ones. Page 241: what is the serial position effect in memory, tendency of information at the beginning and end of a body of information to be remembered more accurately than information in the middle of the body of information. Example: information at the beginning and the end of a list, such as a poem or song, tends to be remembered more easily and accurately: what are three types of sensory memory, ionic-visual. Large capacity: how does storage of information occur in each of the three main types of memory? (sensory, Short-term/working memory, and long-term: information enters through the sensory system, briefly registering in sensory memory.
