PSYC 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Mnemonic, Sensory Memory

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Jill L Atkinson

Document Summary

Memory collection of several systems that store information in different forms for differing amounts of time. Stores retain information in memory without using it for any specific purpose. Control processes shift information from one memory store to another. The atkinson-shiffrin model memory is a multistage process. Attention selects which information will be passed on to stm. Encoding the process of storing information in the ltm system. Retrieval brings information from ltm back into stm. Sensory memory memory store that accurately holds perceptual information for a very brief amount of time. Iconic memory visual form of sensory memory which is held for one-half second. Echoic memory auditory form of sensory memory which is held for five seconds. Short-term memory (stm) memory store with limited capacity and duration (less than a minute) Chunking organizing smaller units of information into larger, more meaningful units. Long-term memory (ltm) holds information for extended periods of time, if not permanently.