cognition- history of memory research and sensory memory

Question 1

what is memory?

Answer 1

mental process or ability to encode, dtore and retrieve information

Question 2

what are the 3 stages of memory?

Answer 2

encoding- to get information into the memory system
storage- to retain information over time
retrieval- to get information out of memory

Question 3

history of memory

Answer 3

• hermaan ebbinghaus: the first to study memory scientifically
• carl lashley: search the “engram” in the brain
• donald hebb: cells that fire together, wire together
• terje lomo: long term potentiation

Question 4

the multi store model

Answer 4

refer to slide 13

Question 5

what is sensory memory

Answer 5

(or registers registers) very temporary buffer that allows us to hold information from different sensory modalities (visual, auditory, alfactory, tactile, gustatory)

attended => short term memory
non attended => rapid decay

Question 6

what are the 2 types of sensory memory?

Answer 6

• iconic memory (the visual sensory memory)
• echoic memory (the auditory sensory memory)

Question 7

state- echoic memory holds less information than iconic memory