Memory Flashcards
Memory
The ability to retain information or past experiences based on mental processes of learning or encoding storage across time and the ability to recall memory
Process of memory
Encoding
process of putting information into an electrochemical code in order to be perceived by brain
Process of memory
Storage
keeping information in brain so it can be used later on
Process of memory
Retrieval
Process of recalling information from long term memory to recognise and make sense of incoming information
Multi store model of memory
Visualises memory as a system of multiple sensory stores that interact with each other
Sensory memory
1st stage (sensory organs)
sensory registers hold information as a direct copy of its original form
Unlimited capacity though it only lasts 0.5-3 seconds
Sensory memory
Iconic memory
Sensory registers in sensory memory for visual stimuli
Sensory memory
Echoic memory
Sensory registers in sensory memory for audio stimuli
Short term memory
Allows us to retain information for enough time to use it. Sensory (incoming) information may pass into short term memory if attended to and rehearsed
We routinely draw information from long term memory to short term memory to understand incoming information
STM lasts 12-30 seconds and its capacity is 5-9 pieces of info
Long term memory
stored information which we are able to retrieve is encoded in the brain - although long term memory can be forgotten, with certain triggers can be remembered
Capacity is unlimited and the duration is relatively permanent
LTM
Procedural memory
memory for skills and operations (riding a bike).
Memory is unconscious
LTM
Declarative memory
Memory for facts and general knowledge, reading, math & higher order thinking
Declarative memory
Semantic memory
memory of general facts or knowledge
Declarative memory
Episodic memory
Memory of past events
Declarative memory
Retrospective memory
Remembering past events
