Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Css Box Model, Long-Term Memory, Long-Term Potentiation

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Lynda Hutchinson

Document Summary

Three box model of memory: three separate memory systems. Sensory, short term (stm), long term (ltm: sensory register. 1. limited capacity: brief storage of items (up to 30 seconds with no rehearsal) 2. store for several minutes or forever: ltm is the memory system involving long term storage of information, organized , semantic categories. !2: a larger grouping into which items similar in some characteristic can be placed (e. g. chair belongs to the category furniture) E. g. tip of the tongue (tot) states: contents of ltm. Procedural memories: memories for the performance of actions or skills ( knowing how") Declarative memories: memories of facts, rules, concepts, and events ( knowing that") Semantic: general knowledge, including facts, rules, concepts and propositions. Episodic: personally experienced events and the contexts in which they occurred. From stm or ltm: serial position effect. Tuesday, january 19, 2016: combined effort epinephrine and glucose may play a key role, moderate levels of stress hormones optimal.