Psychology 1000 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Coding Theory, Clive Wearing, Overlearning

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Corey Isaacs

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Iconic store: visual sensory register, called an icon we usually refer back to icon and echo. Echoic store: auditory sensory register, called an echo: short term/ working memory: holds information that we are conscious of at a given time (from sensory) Without rehearsal we will forget the information (also involved in recall ltm stm output) Memory codes: visual or motor encoding that stores information so it can be retain in. Stm and ltm (form of memory code often does not correspond to the form of original stimulus, words are coded by meaning) Capacity: short term memory can only hold certain amount of meaningful information (5- One word is one item, can increase capacity through, chunking: combining meaningful units into one. Without rehearsal the (cid:862)shelf life(cid:863) of short ter(cid:373) (cid:373)e(cid:373)ory is usually around 20 seconds. Maintenance rehearsal: simple repetition of information (extends short term memory)