MSM Flashcards
1
Q
What is the sensory register?
A
A store for each sense, where stimulus from the environment pass into memory
2
Q
What is the duration of the sensory register?
A
Very brief - less than half a second
3
Q
What is the capacity of the sensory register?
A
High - over 100 million cells in one eye
4
Q
What is the coding in the sensory register?
A
Dependant on sense - echoic, visual etc
5
Q
Capacity of STM?
A
5-9 items (Jacobs)
6
Q
Duration of STM?
A
18-30 seconds (Peterson x2)
7
Q
Capacity LTM?
A
Potentially unlimited
8
Q
Duration of LTM?
A
Up to a lifetime
9
Q
Transfer of material from STM to LTM?
A
MAINTENANCE REHEARSAL
Maintains info in STM
Or if long enough transfers info into LTM
