Unit 7: Sensory Memory, Short-Term Memory, Long-Term Memory

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sensory memory

Echoic memory and iconic memory are both types of this type of storage.

STM (short term memory) and sensory memory

If these 2 types of memories are not sent for further evaluation they will be lost forever according to the information-processing theory.

STM (short term memory)

Maintenance rehearsal can keep a memory in this area for temporary storage a bit longer.

LTM (long term memory)

Retrieval from this type of memory storage may be influenced by the decay theory.

STM (short term memory)

The capacity for this type of memory storage can be aided by chunking.

LTM (long term memory)

The capacity for this type of memory storage is potentially infinite.

LTM (long term memory)

This memory storage allows you to remember the capitals of all 50 states.

STM (short term memory)

This type of memory is also known as working memory.

STM (short term memory)

This type of memory storage acts as a filter.

sensory memory

This type of memory storage allows us to take a "snapshot" of our environment.

STM (short term memory)

This type of memory storage can last up to a few minutes.

STM (short term memory)

This type of memory storage contains the phonological loop, the visuospatial sketchpad, episodic buffer, and the central executive according to Baddeley's model.

sensory memory

This type of memory storage does not interpret incoming information.

STM (short term memory)

This type of memory storage is important because it helps to integrate what we already know with incoming information.

LTM (long term memory)

This type of storage allows you to remember your fifth birthday party.

STM (short term memory)

This type of storage is generally believed to hold about 7 bits of information.

LTM (long term memory)

This type of storage is the outcome of the workings of the hippocampus.

sensory memory

This type of storage lasts about 1-2 seconds


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