PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Short-Term Memory, Long-Term Memory, Sensory Memory

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Paula Barata

Document Summary

Stores: retain information in memory without using it for any specific purpose. Control processes: shifts information from one memory store into another. Attention: selects which information will be passed on to the short term memory. Encoding: the process of storing information in the long term memory system. Retrieval: brings information from the long term memory back into the short term memory. Sensory memory: a memory store that accurately holds perceptual information for a very brief amount of time. Iconic memory: the visual form of sensory memory. Echoic memory: the auditory form of sensory memory. Short term memory: a memory store with limited capacity and duration (less than a min) Chunking: organizing smaller units of information into larger, more meaningful units. Long term memory: holds information for an extended periods of time if not permanently. Retroactive interference: the most recently learned information overshadows some older memories that have not yet made it into long term memory.