PSYC 1200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Iconic Memory, Sensory Memory, George Sperling

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1200
• Professor: Launa C.Leboe- Mcgowan

Document Summary

7. 1 memory systems: memory is a collection of several systems that store information in different forms for differing amounts of time. Includes 3 memory stores: stores retain information in memory without using it for any specific purpose. Long term memory (ltm: control processes: shift information from one memory store to another. If difference is not in the focus of attention, people generally fail to notice the change: this is because one version of the changing item fades from sensory memory just as the next version appears. If participant is paying attention to changing element, image of first version will be transferred into stm when the 2nd changed version appears on the screen: thus, difference between two stimuli becomes apparent. Long term memory: only a small amount of information from stm is encoded or transformed into memory traces, encoding allows info to enter final memory store in the asmodel. Distinguishing short term from long term memory stores: stm lasts for approx.