Cognitive app LAA- Characteristics of three memory stores Flashcards
What is the key term?
How we process information so it can be stored
Coding
What is the key term?
The amount of information that can be held in memory?
Capacity
What is the key term?
This is how long the information lasts in memory
Duration
Name the 3 memory stores
Sensory Register
STM
LTM
Name the 3 memory stores
Sensory Register
STM
LTM
Coding of the sensory register?
Modality specific
Coding of STM?
Acoustic
Coding of LTM?
Semantic
Capacity of Sensory Register
Unlimited
Capacity of STM?
7 +/- 2
5-9 items
Capacity of LTM?
Unlimited
Duration of Sensory Register?
Less than 0.5 seconds
Duration of STM?
18-30 seconds
Duration of LTM?
Potentially forever
Define Coding
How we process information
Define Capacity
The amount of information held in memory
Define Duration
How long information lasts in memory
Modality specific is seen in the?
Coding of Sensory Register
Acoustic is the?
Coding of STM
Semantic is the?
Coding of LTM
Unlimited is the?
Capacity of LTM & Sensory Register
7 +/- 2
is the?
5-9 items
Capacity of STM
Less than 0.5 seconds is the?
Duration of the Sensory Register
18-30 seconds is the?
Duration of STM
Potentially forever is the?
Duration of LTM
Who studied the Coding of STM & LTM?
Baddeley