C7 Flashcards
Stores 741
Hold information without it being using it for a specific purpose
Control processes
they change information from one memory store to another. Ex. attention selects information to stm
how does information go to ltm
some of info in stm goes through encoding. Retrieval returns stm to ltm
sensory memory
holds information for senses for a short period of time.
sterlings intresting idea of memory
iconic memory could hold all 12 letters, but only lasted long enough to be reported for a few letters to be shown
what move sensor memry to stm
attention allows us to move a small amount of info from sensory info to stm
change blindness
if a picture disappears before it reappears differently it is difficultto see the change, but if they are have attention on the area of the change it is easily seen
stm description
has a duration of less than a minute and only holds 7 +-2 items.
what is a unit of information
depends on chunking, organizing smalelr units into more meaningful ones. This is seen in pro chess players, they can remember entire common boards but not random ones. CHunking is done through practice
What is ltm
most of stm is lost forever, only a few parts are stored for extended periods of time. LTM has no capacity. All encoded information
primacy and recency effect
effect of first and last events
due to proactive and retroactive inteference . they are called serial position effects
