PSY 230 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Long-Term Memory, Roygbiv, Metamemory

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 230
• Professor: Christine Delgado

Document Summary

Selective attention: attending to one specific task while tuning out other distractions: bei(cid:374)g a(cid:271)le to fo(cid:272)us o(cid:374) (cid:455)our test (cid:449)hile there"s talki(cid:374)g all arou(cid:374)d (cid:455)ou. Divided attention (multitasking): attending to several different tasks at the same time: our brains are not built for dividing attention bc you give partial attention to each task. Memory model: starts with incoming information then moves to sensory information. If sensory information is attended to it goes to short-term memory (working memory). To maintain shot-term memory, or to transfer it to long term memory you must rehearse it which brings it to the elaborative rehearsal and then long term memory. Sensory memory: information captured by your senses: very brief, 1-2 seconds, just a filter. Working memory: the information and cognitive processes currently active in your memory system. Long-term memory: all the information stored in your memory system. Central executive: manages the memory system: operating system, strategies, moves mems. from working to long term.