EXP 3604 Midterm: Exam 3 Study Guide Spring 2009 Fasig

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Psychology
• Course: EXP 3604
• Professor: All

Document Summary

The atkinson-schifrin model of me mory a serial multi-store model. Also a stage model: the information flows through the different stages of the model. Sensory memory: iconic memory (visual memory), echoic memory (auditory memory) registers memory from senses. That information either passes on to short term memory or decays. Short-term me mory: memories in stm are very fragile. Long-term me mory: memories in ltm have a huge capacity. Serial position curve- refers to the finding that recall accuracy varies as a function of an item"s position within a study list. When asked to recall a list of items in any order (free recall), people tend to begin recall with the end of the list, recalling those items best (the recency effect). Among earlier list items, the first few items are recalled more frequently than the middle items (the primacy effect). Primacy effect- better recall for words at beginning of list. Recency effect-: better recall for words at end of list.