Types Of Memory Flashcards
What are the 3 types of memory?
- Sensory register
- Short term memory
- Long term memory
What is the sensory register?
Temporarily stores info from your senses
Does the sensory register have a lot of capacity and long duration?
No
What are the three ways memory stores differ?
Duration, capacity and coding
Describe short-term memory in terms of capacity, duration and coding
Capacity is limited
duration is limited
coding is acoustic
What is long-term memory in terms of capacity duration and coding?
Capacity is unlimited
duration is permanent
coding is semantic (the meaning of the information)
What are the three different types of long term memory?
- Episodic
- Semantic
- Procedural
What is episodic memory?
It stores information about experiences and events
What is semantic memory?
Memory of facts and knowledge
What is procedural memory?
Stores for knowledge of how to do things
Can episodic memory be consciously recalled?
Yes
Can semantic memory be consciously recalled?
Yes
Can procedural memory be consciously recalled?
No
Who did the experiment on the sensory register?
Sperling 1960
Who did the experiment on the duration of the STM?
Peterson and Peterson, 1959
Who did the experiment on very long-term memories?
Bahrick et al 1975
Who did the experiment on the capacity of STM?
Jacobs 1887
Who reviewed research into the capacity of STM?
Miller 1956
What is Miller’s magic number?
7 plus or minus 2
What is chunking?
Joining together individual units to make larger ones. These that can then be remembered.
What coding is generally used in STM?
Acoustic coding
What coding is generally used in LTM?
Semantic
Who did the experiment to investigate coding in STM and LTM?
Baddeley 1966
