Psy 100: Time and Memory Flashcards
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how much information each system can hold
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Span-
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over how long a period of time that system can hold information
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Duration
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lasts only 1 second
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Iconic (visual)
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can last 5-10 seconds.
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echoic (auditory)
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information fades over time
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Decay
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loss of information due to competition with new, incoming information
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Interference
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Memory system that retains information for limited durations Closely related to working memory-ability to hold on to information we're currently thinking about, attending to, or processing actively Brief in duration; 5-20 seconds
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Short-term Memory
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happens when learning new information hampers memory for earlier learning.
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Retroactive interference Both are more likely to occur when old and new stimuli are similar.
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happens when earlier learning gets in the way of new learning.
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Proactive interference
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tendency to remember stimuli that presented most recently (still in STM)
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Recency effect
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(knowledge of facts about the world)
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Semantic memory
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Encoding The process of getting information into our memory banks To encode material, we must first attend to it. Most events we experience are never encoded in the first place.-Next-in-line effect -Memory for common objects
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Three Processes of Memory Encoding is getting information into memory. Storage is keeping information in memory. Retrieval
