Chapter 7 A Flashcards
What is memory?
A cognitive system
What is the purpose of memory?
Encodes
Stores
retrieves information
linked to learning
Memory isn’t like a a recording of a video, but it is..
An interpretive process involving retrieving and reconstruction information .
What does memory require?
Conscious thought
Encoding?
modifying information to fit the format of a memory system.
like a CD being transferred to an iPod
Storage?
Holding information overtime so they may be used.
Access and Retrieval?
Access = locating stored information Retrieval = information form that stored memory
Where is sensory memory stored?
As working memory and or as long-term memory
What is the first stage in storying sensory memory?
Sensory register: after image in the form of neural activity
What is the capacity of a sensory memory register?
12+ items and only last for a few seconds
working memory ( Short-Term Memory)?
Holds recently perceived events for a very short time
Useful for problem solving ( you would remember the question of the test you are working on)
What is the capacity of working memory?
5-9 items and last approximately 1 minute
Chunking?
Organizing memories into smaller and more meaningful units of information
Maintenance rehearsal?
repeating or renewing information to keep it from fading away
Elaborate rehearsal?
actively reviewing information in working memory and deliberately finding connection to information already stored in long term memory
