General Psychology: Memory

Information collected and stored in the brain that is generally retrievable for later use.

This is...

• Long Term Memory

• Memory

• Persuasion

• Short Term Memory

Who was the man who had a herpesvirus damage his hippocampus, causing him to be able to recall only a few seconds ago?

• Ivan Maslow

• Clive Wearing

• H.M.

What are the three processes of memory?

• Encoding, Storage and Retrieval

• Recall, Remind and Rehearse

Encoding is...

• Recording a memory

• Encoding a computer message

• Getting info into the brain

Storage is...

• The amount of data a phone can store

• Keeping info for some time, said time can vary from a millisecond to a lifetime

• The amount of data your cats mind can store

• The physical space you store memories

Retrieval is Getting a memory back out of storage.

• False

• True

We process memory in a similar way to the way a ____ processes memory. In a series of _____.

Fill the blanks

• Computer/Stages

• Animal/Recording info

• Camera/Records

• Animal/Stages

Information Processing Model

This is...

• Models of Memory

• Models of Recall

• Models of Data

The very first stage of memory. The point at which information enters the nervous system through the sensory systems. Two main senses used here are vision and hearing.

• Long Term Memory

• Sensory Memory

• Short Term Memory

The following is a part of Sensory Memory:

Visual sensory memory, lasting only a fraction of a second. Has a large capacity and a small duration.

• Iconic Memory

• Echoic Memory