PSYCH101 Final: Psych 101 Exam Review.docx

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Richard Ennis

Document Summary

Encoding (cid:224) encoding verbal information: structural encoding focuses on what words look like. For instance, one might note whether words are long or short, in uppercase or lowercase, or handwritten or typed: phonemic encoding focuses on how words sound, semantic encoding focuses on the meaning of words. Semantic encoding requires a deeper level of processing than structural or phonemic encoding and usually results in better memory. Storage how information is stored/ maintained. Information is stored in three different systems: sensory memory, short- term memory, and long- term memory. Retrieval process of retrieving information from memory. Sensory memory: temporary storage of sensory information, capacity: high, duration: less than 1 second (vision) or a few seconds (hearing) Short- term memory: brief storage of information currently being used, capacity- limited, duration: less than 20 seconds. Long- term memory: relatively permanent storage of information, capacity- unlimited (?, duration: long or permanent (?)