PSYA01H3 Chapter 8: Chapter 8- big notes
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Iconic memory www. notesolution. com: iconic memory: a form of sensory memory that holds a brief visual image of a scene that has just been perceived; also known as visible persistence . Iconic = visual: using a tachistoscope (a device that presents visual stimuli for extremely brief durations), sperling flashed 9 letters on the screen for 50 milliseconds. Therefore, acoustical info. must be stored temporarily until all the sounds have been received. First, the request enters our short-term memory from sensory memory. Primacy and recency effects www. notesolution. com: primacy effect: tendency to remember initial information. The limits of working memory: how long does information remain in working memory? the petersons presented people with a stimulus, 3 random letters, and asked them to recall it 30 seconds later. Next, they did the same thing but they prevented people from rehearsing by asking them to count backwards by 3 from a number.
