Psychology 1000 Study Guide - Mind Map

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Michael Atkinson

Document Summary

Mental representations: once information leaves our sensory memory is must be represented by some type of code if it is to be retained in short term and eventually long term memory, can be coded for be sound, mental image, or by focusing on the meaning of the stimulus, or patterns of movement, phonological codes (saying the words silently to yourself) play a very important role in short term memory. The original 17 letters can not be recalled but when you read then backward, they combine into 5 words, this is called chunking: without rehearsal the shelf life of information in short term memory is indeed short, perhaps lasting about 20 seconds, keep a telephone number in your head by repeating it to yourself, this simple repetition of information is called maintenance rehearsal, elaborative rehearsal involve focusing on the meaning of information of relating it to other things we already know.