psychology

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psychology

Monday, November 15, 2010

How is memory?

Explain the concept of sensory memory.
Is the first level, sensory memory retains the brief impression of a sensory stimulus itself has ended.

Give an example of sensory memory.
The ability to look at an item and remeber the picture in your head only by observation that is an example of sensory memory.

What is the capacity of our sensory memory?
Well sensory memory can get alotof things done at a time, but the image cang go quickly from the meemory.

4. Describe the concept of short-term memory.
is a system of temporarily storing and managing, it can only retain memory for a little time.

What is the "magic number" as it relates to short-term memory and who conducted the experiment which established this measurement?

that the number of items which can be held in the short term memory, and this magic number was conducted by george miller.

6. What is chunking?
Is taking induvidual units of information and then group them into larger units.

7. What has been determined to be the ideal size of "chunks" for both letters and numbers?

well the ideal size can be a little bit bigger that it usually be.

Which mode of encoding does short-term memory mostly rely on, acoustic or visual?

acoustic, because is faster to remember.

Explain the duration and capacity of long-term memory.

The duration can be of only 18 seconds that the only capacity.

10. Explain in detail the Atkinson-Shiffrin Model of memory.
is a better way to store things for a lot of time, it can chunk information into smaller models of memory.

11. Identify three criticisms or limitations of the Atkinson-Shiffrin Model of memory.
The three-box model says that theres is anything between short and ling term memory,and it says it only on long term system and one short term system, it do not give alot of emphasis to uncounsious processes.

12.Explain the Levels of Processing Model of memory.

memory happens because of processing information,when we relate something to something else, focuses on processes whick make up memory.

13. What is maintenance rehearsal - give an example.
is like when you want to buy some food and you call someone to give you the number and you repeat and repeat that number until you call the place.

14. What is elaborative rehearsal - give an example.

when you are in the airport someone says something in anther language then someone translate it.

15. Who developed the Levels of Processing Model and the concepts of maintenance and elaborative rehearsal?

Fergus I. M. Craik and Lockhart.


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