Chapter 6- Memory Flashcards
Memory
An active system that receives information from the senses, puts that information into a usable form, organizes it as it stores it away, and then retrieves that information from storage
Encoding
Getting sensory information into a form that the brain can use
Storage
Holding on to information for some period of time
Retrieval
Getting the information they know they have out of storage
Information-processing model
The way information is handled, or processed, through three different systems of memory (encoding, storage, retrieval)
Parallel distributed processing model
Creation and storage of memories taking place across a series of mental networks “stretched” across the brain
Levels-of-processing model
Processing the meaning of something
Sensory memory
When information enters nervous system, 1-4 seconds and has limited capacity
Iconic
Visual
Echoic
Auditory
Short term/working memory
Chunking and maintenance rehearsal can be used to increase capacity and duration
5-9 items, 12-30 seconds
Long term memory
Information that is kept permanently
Nondeclarative
Implicitly memory for skills, habits, and learned responses; likely invokes amygdala and cerebellum
Declarative
Explicitly memory for facts and information; involves widespread cortical areas
Semantic memory
General knowledge/meaning
