PSY 1001 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Mnemonic, Senile Plaques, Habituation
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Hyperthymestic syndrome: memory of life events that"s too good. Sensory memory: brief storage of perceptual information before it is passed to short- term memory, fills in the blanks , applies to hearing. Iconic memory: visual sensory memory, last only a second, gone forever. Short-term memory: memory system that retains information for limited durations. Decay: fading of information from memory over time. Interference: loss of information from memory because of competition from additional incoming information. Retroactive interference: interference with retention of old information due to acquisition of new information. Proactive interference: interference with acquisition of new information due to previous learning of information. Magic number: the span of short-term memory, according to george miller; seven plus or minus two pieces of information. Chunking: organizing information into meaningful groupings, allowing us to extend the span of short-term memory. Rehearsal: repeating information to extend the duration of retention in short-term memory.
