PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Internal Monologue, Kfc, Sensory Memory
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Active memory : memories you are actively activating, not all of it is present in your mind in any given moment, pulling information from long-term memory to short term memory, memory that is active in the moment, ex. Repeating something in your head until you write it down: using inner voice to repeat the information to yourself, surprisingly short, unless you do something to actively keep it there (ex. Repeating) those memories last for a very brief amount of time (seconds: longer than sensory memory, unless we are actively working to keep it there, keeping something active in short-term memory: maintenance rehearsal, ex. Repeating sentence that a professor said until you can write it down: unless we do this it gets forgotten. If you are prevented from doing so it would be difficult to recall the information. If we want to move something from short-term memory to long-term memory: elaborative rehearsal: requires deeper processing, ex.
