PSY 205 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Semantic Network, Decay Theory, Interference Theory
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Storage: maintaining encoded information in memory over time. The role of attention : focusing awareness on a narrowed range of stimuli or events. Elaboration: the linking of a stimulus to other information at the time of encoding. Visual imagery: creation of visual images to represent the words to be remembered. Dual-coding theory: memoring is enhanced by forming both semantic and visual codes since either can lead to recall. Motivation to remember: when one is more motivated to remember something they will and vice versa. Sensory memory : preserves information in its original sensory form for a brief time, Short-term memory : a limited capacity store that can maintain information for up to 20 usually only a fraction of a second seconds. Rehearsal: process of repetitively verbalizing or thinking about information. Chunking: a group of familiar stimuli formed as a single unit. Long-term memory : an unlimited capacity store that can hold information over lengthy periods of time.