PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7.1: Echoic Memory, Sensory Memory, Baddeley'S Model Of Working Memory
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Long-term memory (ltm: control processes: shift information from one memory store to another. Attention: selects which information will be passed on to stm. Information enters sensory memory through our senses, where some will go. Encoding: process of storing information in the ltm system: some information in stm goes through this process. Retrieval: brings information from ltm back into stm: when we become aware of existing memories, sensory memory: memory store that accurately holds perceptual information for a very brief amount of time. Echoic memory (auditory) is held for about 5 seconds. Sensory memories disappear faster than an individual can report them. Attention allows us to move a small amount of information ( spotlight of attention ) from sensory memory into stm for further processing: change blindness: describes the relationship between sensory memory and attention. There"s a limit to how much information can be transferred at once: short-term memory & the magical number 7.
