Information processing theory

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📚 Information Processing Theory

Front: What is the basic principle of information processing theory?
Back: It is based on the principle that your brain is like a computer.

Front: How is short-term memory described in information processing theory?
Back: Your short-term memory is a processor, and your long-term memory is a hard drive.

🧠 Working Term (Short-term Memory)

Front: What does working memory contain?
Back: Contains what you are thinking about at this very moment.

Front: How long is new information held in working memory?
Back: New information is held temporarily.

Front: What is the capacity of working memory?
Back: Has limited capacity.

Front: How quickly can information be accessed in working memory?
Back: Access to information in the working memory is immediate.

Front: What kind of information does working memory hold?
Back: Working memory holds the information that you just saw.

🗃 Long-term Memory

Front: What is the capacity of long-term memory?
Back: It has unlimited capacity.

Front: How long can information stay in long-term memory?
Back: Information can remain there permanently.

Front: How is access to long-term memory described?
Back: Gaining access to information in long-term memory requires effort and time.

Front: What kind of information does long-term memory hold?
Back: The long-term Memory holds Information that was learnt, e.g, names of people you know.

Front: What does long-term memory store?
Back: It has everything that has ever happened in your life is stored in the long-term Memory.

🔄 Encoding and Retrieval

Front: What is encoding?
Back: Encoding - Process of transferring Information From short-term Memory to long-term Memory.

Front: What is retrieval?
Back: Retrivial - Process OF transferring Information From long term Memory to Short- term Memory.

👁👂 Sensory Memory

Front: How do we receive information into short-term memory?
Back: It is how we receive information that will be stored in short-term Memory - we detect /receive information using our Senses.

Front: What is the initial process of transforming stimuli into information?
Back: It is the initial process that transforms Incoming Stimuli into Information, so we can make sense of them.

Front: What is the capacity of sensory memory?
Back: It has a very large capacity.

Front: How long does sensory memory last?
Back: This vast amount of sensory information is Fragile in duration; it lasts between one and three seconds.

Front: What is sensory memory for visual information called?
Back: Sensory Memory For visual Information is called Iconic.

Front: What is sensory memory for auditory information called?
Back: Sensory Memory for Auditory Information is called echoic.

🧠 Attention and Rehearsal

Front: What is selective attention?
Back: Selective attention - Process of Filtering Information that you detect with your Senses.

Front: What is attention in the memory process?
Back: Attention - Process of taking Information from your sensory Memory to Working short-term Memory.

🔁 Rehearsal

Front: What is a way of keeping information activated?
Back: A way of keeping Information activated is through rehearsal.

🔁 Maintenance Rehearsal

Front: What is maintenance rehearsal?
Back: Repeating Information in the Mind.

Front: What is maintenance rehearsal useful for?
Back: Useful for Information you plan to use and forget (Phone numbers).

🔁 Elaborative Rehearsal

Front: What is elaborative rehearsal?
Back: Involves connecting information to something you already know.

Front: How does elaborative rehearsal help?
Back: Helps move information into long-term memory.

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