PSYCH101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Short-Term Memory, Richard Shiffrin, Sensory Memory

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

Document Summary

Memory the persistence of learning over time through the storage and retrieval of information. Encoding the processing of information into the memory system for example, by extracting meaning. Storage the retention of encoded information over time. Retrieval the process of getting information out of memory storage. To remember any event, we must: get information into our brain (encoding, retain that information (storage, get it back out (retrieval) Sensory memory the immediate, very brief recording of sensory information in the memory system. Short-term memory activated memory that holds a few items briefly, such as the seven digits of a phone number while dialing before the information is stored or forgotten. Long-term memory the relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system, includes knowledge, skills, and experiences. Working memory newer understanding of short term memory that focuses on conscious, active processing of incoming auditory and visual spatial information, ad of information retrieved from long term memory.