Atkinson and Shiffrin - Multi-store model of memory

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Sensory Registor (memory)

Sensory register hold information about a perceived stimulus for a split second after the stimulus disappears, allowing a mental representation of it to remain in the memory briefly for further processing - Iconic, Echoic

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Iconic memory (Sensory register)

  • Visual Info

  • Storage - 1/3 - ½ second

  • Encoding - Exact replica

  • Capacity - 4-7

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Echoic memory (Sensory register)

  • Auditory info

  • Storage - 3-4s

  • Encoding - Echo

  • Capacity - Unlimited

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Short term memory

Information that is attended to in the sensory register is passed to the STM
Duration - 3-4s
Encoding - Auditory
Capacity - 7 -/+ 2

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Types of long term memory

Declarative - episodic, semantic
Procedural

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Declarative memory (LTM)

Allows you to declare what it is you remember (explicit memory)

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Episodic memory (Declarative - LTM)

Memory for past personal events (autobiographical memory)

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Semantic memory (Declarative - LTM)

Memory of facts and information that enables us to construct meaning

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Procedural memory (LTM)

Stores how you d things like riding a bike (implicit memory)

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LTM E,C,D

Encoding - Semantic
Capacity - Unlimited
Duration - Relatively unlimited