Memory Flashcards
What are the 3 stages of memory
> Encoding
Storage
Retrieval
What are the 3 types of storage’s?
> Sensory
Short term
Long term
What are the 3 parts to long term memory
> Episodic
Semantic
Procedural
What part of memory is damaged in dementia?
> Short term
What is superior memory?
> Recency effect
>Remember words later in a list
What is enhance memory?
> Primary effect
>Remember words earlier in a list
Describe echoic memory
> Recency persists
>Sound lingers> persists for loner
Describe Iconic memory
> No recency effects
>Images fades quickly
What is the capacity of short term memory?
> 7 +/- 2 digits
What is chunking?
> Memory method
>Organise info into larger meaningful units
What happens when you count backwards?
Lose info by displacement
>Lose recency effect
>Lose superior memory for words later in list, gain for those earlier
>Short term memory replaced by numbers you have to keep in your head while reading backwards
What does rehearsal do?
> Improves primacy
Maintains maintenance
Maintains & elaborates> linked to long term
What is episodic
> events related to you
What is semantic?
> General knowledge
What is procedural?
> Skills based