5.3 Storing

• What is storage?

  the process of maintaining or keeping information readily available
• What are the three types of storage?

  short term memory, long term memory, and sensory memory.
• What is the three-stage model?

  The Atkinson-Shiffrin three-stage model is a model that shows information going from shallow to deep memory with the three processes (encoding, storage, and retrieval).
• What is chunking?

  the process of grouping information to be stored or processed as single concepts.

  
  

  For example, a phone number with the sequence 3-6-2-8-1-8-4-7-9-4 can be chunked as 362-818-4794.
• What are mnemonic devices?

  techniques a person can use to help them improve their ability to remember something
• What are hierarchies?

  Organization starting with really broad information and then splits up into specific classes.

  
  

  -help us retrieve information quickly and efficiently.
• What is a schema?

  A schema is a concept or framework that helps individuals make sense of information.
• What is a concept?

  a mental grouping of events, people, and similar things.
• What is a prototype?

  a mental image or the best representative of a certain category.

  
  

  Example: if asked to think about a bird, it is more likely that you would think of a red robin rather than a penguin because the robin more closely resembles our bird prototype.
• What is long-term potentiation?

  the strengthening of neural connections between each other.

  
  

  When firings are repeated, the connections are strengthened, causing the memory to be encoded