BARRON7: Cognition Flashcards
(2) models of MEMORY
- INFORMATION-PROCESSING MODEL
- LEVELS OF PROCESSING MODEL
The INFORMATION-PROCESSING MODEL is also called the…
- THREE BOX MODEL
“this model proposes the THREE STAGES that INFORMATION passes THRU before it is STORED”
- INFORMATION PROCESSING MODEL
“External events are first processed by our .. .. Then some information is encoded into our .. ../.. memory. Some of that information is then encoded into .. .. ..
- SENSORY MEMORY
- SHORT TERM/WORKING MEMORY
- LONG TERM MEMORY
GEORGE SPERLING?
- demonstrated that information held in SENSORY MEMORY stayed for a split second
- experiment: grid–> nine letters; showed to participants 1/20th sec. participants could recall any of three rows perfectly.
“split-second perfect photograph of a scene”
- ICONIC MEMORY
“perfect, brief (3-4 sec) memory for sounds”
- ECHOIC MEMORY
What determines what sensory messages get encoded?
- SELECTIVE ATTENTION
“You have probably had the experience of speaking with one person at a party but then hearing someone say your name across the room. You were SELECTIVELY ATTENDING to the person you were talking to. However, once a SENSORY MESSAGE message entered SENSORY MEMORY that you knew was IMPORTANT, you SWITCHED your ATTENTION to that message, and it was encoded into your STM.”
- COCKTAIL PARTY EFFECT
STM is also called .. .. because these are the memories we are currently working with and are .. of in our ..
- WORKING MEMORY
- AWARE
- CONSCIOUSNESS
GEORGE MILLER?
- established STM capacity to 7 (+/-)2 in a series of famous experiments
Fancy way to say MEMORY AIDS..
- MNEMONIC DEVICES
“My very excellent mother just served us nine pizzas” –> names of planets
- MNEMONIC DEVICE
WAYS to RETAIN information in STM (3)
- CHUNKING (DIVIDING INFO INTO GROUPS)
- MNEMONIC DEVICES
- REHEARSAL
LONG TERM MEMORIES can be STORED in (3) different FORMATS
- EPISODIC
- SEMANTIC
- PROCEDURAL
“memories of SPECIFIC EVENTS, stored in a sequential series of events. Example: remembering the last time you went on a date.”
- EPISODIC MEMORY
“GENERAL KNOWLEDGE of the WORLD, stored as FACTS, MEANINGS, or CATEGORIES rather than sequentially. Example: What is the difference between effect and affect?”
- SEMANTIC MEMORY
“Memories of SKILLS and how to PERFORM them. These memories are sequential but might be very complicated to describe in words. Example: how to throw a curveball.”
- PROCEDURAL MEMORY