PSYCO258 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: George Sperling, Long-Term Memory, Interference Theory
19 Mar 2016
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No t e b o o k: cognitive psych. Memory: the processes involved in retaining, retrieving, and using information about stimuli, images, events, ideas, and skills after the original information is no longer present. Memory is active any time some past experience has an effect on the way you think or behave. Sensory memory: a brief stage of memory that holds sensory information for seconds. Iconic memory: brief sensory memory for visual stimuli that lasts for a fraction of a second. Echoic memory: brief sensory memory for auditory stimuli that lasts for a few seconds after a stimulus is extinguished. Short-term memory: a memory mechanism that can hold a limited amount of information for a brief period of time, usually around 15-20 seconds. Working memory: a limited-capacity system for temporary storage and manipulation of information for complex tasks such as comprehension, learning, and reasoning. Long-term memory: information stored for long periods of time.
