Memory

• information input- information from the environment around u is input via our senses (smell, sight, hearing, taste, touch)
• encoding the information- it pays attention to the important information we unconsciously or deliberately store some sensory information
• semantic- holding the meaning of information
• acoustic- holding sound information
• visual- holding images (how it looks)
• output- behaviour that is produced
• Two main sensory stores: short term memory and the long term memory

  
• Short term memory= is our initial memory store that is temporary and limited. Lasting 18- 30 seconds
• long term memory= is a store that has memories in it from a longer period of time in the past. Lasting a few minuted up to a lifetime
• These two memory stores were proven by Miller (1972)
• the capacity of the short term memory is 5-9 teams (7+/-2)
• the capacity of the long term memory is an unlimited amount
• SM= sensory memory/ register
• STM= short term memory (18-30 seconds)
• LTM= long term memory (mins to a lifetime)
• ATTENTION= focus on certain sensory information to it, or think about it the information will be encoded and will pass into short term memory
• SENSOY REGISTER MEMORY= the sensory information store‘s capacity is unlimited
• REHEARSAL= repeating things out loud or in our heads, if not paying attention it is forgotten (decay)
• DECAY= if we do not pay attention tot he information or it is not rehearsed is forgotten through decay
• DISPLACED= when short term memory becomes full and new information pushes out old information
• RETRIEVAL= the recall of stored long term memory is mainly be semantic and based on meaning
• Miller's magic number= 7+or - 2 items can be held in STM