memory psychology

• what are the three stores of memory in the multistore memory model?


  sensory register

  short term memory

  long term memory
• how many stores of memory are there in the multistore memory model?


  3
• what is memory?


  the process which we retain information about events that have happened in the past.
• what are the three stages of memory?


  recall

  recognition

  relearning
• what are the memory processes?


  coding or encoding - how the information is stored

  storage - information is 'filed away' into memory to be used when required

  retrieval - information stored in memories found when required and retrieved into the mind
• give one of the labels to the multistore memory model.


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• how do the permanent structures of memory transfer to one another?

  -information is gathered by the senses and enters the sensory register.

  -information paid attention to is transferred to STM, the rest is forgotten.

  -information that is processed (thought about or rehearsed) transfers to the LTM, the rest is forgotten.
• is information encoded the same for each sense?


  no (e g. iconic is stored visually)
• what is the main form of coding for the short term memory?

  acoustically
• what analogy did psychologists make about the brain and memory?


  computer analogy.
• what is the capacity of STM?


  7 +/- 2

  (5 to 9 items)
• what is the duration of the STM?

  18 to 30 seconds.
• what is the coding for LTM?


  semantic.
• what is the LTM capacity?


  unlimited.
• what is the duration of the LTM?


  30+ seconds (can last a whole lifetime)
• how is it possible to increase the STM capacity?


  by chunking information.
• how can the duration of STM be increased?


  rehearsal of information (if done for long enough can also transfer to LTM)