Week 8 : Models of Memory Flashcards
What are the laws of repetition?
little and often makes for better retention
What are the 3 corre memory processes
encoding, storage and retrieval
What is the multi store memory model?
sensory memory, short term memory and long term memory
What happens in sensory. memory?
sensory input goes in and lasts for millisecond - seconds
What happens in the short term memory stage?
attention to sensory input, lasts for seconds to minutes
What happens in the long term memory stage?
storage and retrieval of the information that is pay attention to, lasts from days to years
What is the sensory memory store?
Its function is to have sensory information in the brain so we can attend to it
What is the capacity of the SM store?
Large amount of information is held in the ionic memory, declines rapidly
What is ionic memory?
Vision
What is the function of short term memory?
To store information we attend to consciously
What is the duration of short term memory?
Lost within 15-20 seconds if not rehearsed. The bigger delay the more information lost
What does interference mean?
Information that interfere/interrupts the information trying to be learnt, information is less likely to be held in the long term memory/more likely to forget
What are some criticisms of the STM model?
Information doesn’t need to be processed consciously
What is the working memory?
Mental workspace which is the basis of thought
What is the solution to the STM model?
A four component working memory model
