7.3

Question 1

3 Types of memory

Answer 1

• Sensory memory
• short-term memory
• long-term memory

Question 2

Sensory memory

Answer 2

A memory system that very briefly stores sensory info in close to it’s original sensory form. (usually only lasts a second or 2)

*staring at a picture for 1 min and seeing its reflection on the wall, or when someone is talking to you and they say that you’re not even paying attention, but you can recite the last few words they said…even if you were thinking about something else.

Question 3

short-term memory

Answer 3

a memory storage system that briefly holds a limited amount on info and awareness

Question 4

working memory

Answer 4

an active processing system that keeps different types of info available for current use (includes sounds, images, and ideas)

Question 5

memory span

Answer 5

7 items (+-2)

*Think, phone numbers

Question 6

chunking

Answer 6

organizing info into meaningful units to make it easier to remember

Question 7

long-term memory

Answer 7

the relatively permanent storage of info (think hard drive)

Question 8

serial position effect

Answer 8

the ability to recall items from a list depends on order of presentation, with items presented early or late in the list remembered better than those in the middle.

Primacy= beginning remember better
Recency= end remember better