Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Semantic Memory, Sensory Memory, Henry Molaison

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Mark Holden

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Briefly describe the experiment by sperling that showed that sensory memory contains all the information we just saw/heard for a brief period. Whole report and partial report in the description: short-term memory. Give a brief description of the 4 ways that information can be coded in stm (i. e. phonological, visual, motoric, semantic). Name and briefly describe the two types of rehearsal. Name (or at least recognize) the 4 components of working memory: long-term memory. What type of memory (stm vs. ltm) is thought to be involved in the. Which type of rehearsal is better for long-term memory: briefly describe what we mean by the term chunking , dual coding theory. Briefly outline the basic ideas of allan paivio"s dual coding theory . According to this theory, would people be better at recalling a list of words that are concrete objects or abstract words: briefly describe the memory enhancement technique called the method of loci .