memory pt. ii

Question 1

3 memory stores?

Answer 1

sensory memory; working memory; long-term memory

Question 2

what sensory memory?

Answer 2

initial encoding sensory information; recodes complete memory of image, but fades to rapidly to be ‘read’

Question 3

sensory memory purpose?

Answer 3

briefly retaining large amounts info

Question 4

types of sensory memory?

Answer 4

ionic (visual) memory; echoic (auditory) memory

Question 5

working memory?

Answer 5

where active thinking occurs

Question 6

another name working memory?

Answer 6

short-term memory

Question 7

limitations working memory?

Answer 7

limited-capacity store

Question 8

how long unrehearsed info stored in working memory?

Answer 8

up to 30 seconds

Question 9

george miller’s ‘magic number’?

Answer 9

7 +/- 2 (in adults)

Question 10

how expand short term memory?

Answer 10

chunking

Question 11

memories disappear unless…?

Answer 11

continually rehearsed; are meaningful

Question 12

rehearsal?

Answer 12

repetitively verbalising/ thinking abt info

Question 13

long-term memory?

Answer 13

unlimited capacity can hold info over relatively long periods of time

Question 14

long-term memory capacity?

Answer 14

unlimited

Question 15

long-term memory duration?

Answer 15

relatively permanent

Question 16

information retrieval?

Answer 16

some bits can be retrieved w/o others

Question 17

temporarily inaccessible memories?

Answer 17

tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon

Question 18

how long to truly master something?

Answer 18

10 000 hours

Question 19

strategies to improve memory?

Answer 19

cues; attaching emotion; telling a story; chunking; rehearsal