Memory Flashcards
Who was Clive wearing
A highly intellectual man who had damage to his temporal lobe which contains the hypocampus heavily associated with long term memory. Also had damage to frontal lobe which causes him to repeat himself and is highly emotional
What is cognitive psychology
How our mind deals with information and our abilities to use that information
Who created the multi store model of memory
Atkinson and Schiffin
Draw out the multi store model of memory
(Drawn out correctly)
What are the three stores of memory according to the multi stor3e model of memory
- sensory memory
- short term memory
- long term memory
What is the capacity f sensory memory
10+ items (huge)
Duration of sensory memory
0.5 - 2 seconds according to SPERLING
Encoding of sensory memory
Takes in for from sense organs and holds it in that same way eg- visual = iconic memory, hearing = echoic memory
Capacity of short term memory
7 ± 2 ( range of 5 - 9) acoerding to MILLER can extend this by chunking info
Duration of short term memory
30 seconds according to study by PETERSON AND PETERSON
How is short term memory encoded
Acoustically according to CONRAD
Capacity of long term memory
Unlimited
Duration of long term memory
Anything up to a lifetime (mins to a year) according to BAHRICK
How is long term memory encoded
Semantically according to BADDELEY
