types of memory

Question 1

sensory register

Answer 1

temporary info from senses which disappears unless we pay attention to it. limited capacity and duration. coded depending on the sense

Question 2

short term memory

Answer 2

limited capacity and duration, coding is acoustic

Question 3

long term memory

Answer 3

unlimited capacity, semantic coding- split into 3: semantic, episodic and procedural

Question 4

episodic memory

Answer 4

info about personal events that we have experienced. memories are time stamped and are retrieved consciously

Question 5

semantic memory

Answer 5

facts and knowledge of concepts and meanings. memories are not time stamped and it is less vulnerable to distortion/ forgetting

Question 6

procedural memory

Answer 6

knowledge of how to do things - learned skills. recall is unconscious

Question 7

miller- capacity of STM

Answer 7

7+-2 items. suggested that we use chunking to combine letters/ numbers into more meaningful units