Types of memory

Question 1

Sensory memory

Answer 1

1. Is the sensory registration of stimulus
2. Lasts milliseconds to a few seconds
3. No permanent storage of info

Question 2

Short-term memory or working memory

Answer 2

1. Is not memory at all (bad name for it)
2. Attention and concentration
3. The contents of your focus at the moment

Question 3

Long-term memory

Answer 3

1. What we typically think of as memory

2. Information that is consolidated or stored

Question 4

Types of LTM

Answer 4

1. Non-declarative or implicit memory

2. Declarative or explicit memory

Question 5

Non-declarative or implicit memory

Answer 5

i. Stimulus-response, Motor & Perceptual learning described above
ii. Acquired skills
iii. Not factual or contextual

Question 6

Declarative or explicit memory

Answer 6

i. Episodic – memory for events and contextual memory
ii. Semantic – memory for facts without context
iii. “Relational learning” described above