Memory Flashcards
What is Coding?
The way in which information is processed into memory. This usually occurs acoustically or semantically.
What is Storage?
The retention of information in memory. The storage of information may be temporary or permanent.
What is Retrieval?
Accessing information stored in memory
What is Duration?
The length of time information is stored.
What is Capacity?
The amount of information that can be stored.
What does Semantically mean?
Remembering something by meaning.
What does Acoustically mean?
Remembering something by sound.
What is Memory?
What is LTM?
Long term memory
What is STM?
Short term memory
What area did Miller research in 1956?
STM Capacity
When did Miller conduct research into Capacity?
1956
What Method did Miller use in 1956?
The digit span technique
Describe the digit span technique…
-Reading a series of digits that get progressively longer.
-Asking participants to immediately repeat the set in the correct order.
What did Miller find from his research into STM Capacity in 1956?
On average participants were able to recall a set of 5-9 digits.
True or False - STM has an unlimited capacity
False, it is limited
What is a stimulus?
Any object or event that elicits a sensory or behavioural response in an organism
What was the first model of memory?
The Multi-store Model
What is the duration for LTM?
Up to a lifetime
What is the capacity for LTM + STM
LTM: Unlimited. STM: 7 +/-2, unless find a way to chunk items.
Define LTM (Long-Term-Memory)
Your memory of events that have occurred in the past. This lasts anywhere from 2 minutes to a lifetime.
Define Sensory Register (SR)
The place where information is held at each of the senses.
