Memory Systems and Processes: Sensory, Iconic, Echoic, Short-Term Memory, and More, Quizzes of Psychology

Download Memory Systems and Processes: Sensory, Iconic, Echoic, Short-Term Memory, and More and more Quizzes Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Sensory Memory DEFINITION 1 Sensory memory is the ability to retain impressions of sensory information after the original stimulus has ceased. +Exact replica of an environmental message which usually lasts for a second or less -Efron's observation: Sounds seen to linger TERM 2 Iconic Memory DEFINITION 2 Vision TERM 3 Echoic Memory DEFINITION 3 hearing TERM 4 Short-Term Memory DEFINITION 4 A system we use to temporarily store, think about, reason with information + Also called "working memory": a mental workspace TERM 5 "Inner Voice" DEFINITION 5 - We tend to recode (translate) inform into inner speech TERM 6 "Inner Eye" DEFINITION 6 - We can also code information visually using images TERM 7 Short-Term Forgetting DEFINITION 7 Can prolong short-term memories indefinitely through rehearsal (internal repetition)Without rehearsal, memories disappear after 1-2 seconds TERM 8 Memory Span DEFINITION 8 Number of items that can be recalled from short-term memory, in order, on half of the tested memory trials - Not absolute; also depends on +How quickly items can be rehearsed +Chunking - Rearranging incoming information into meaningful or familiar patterns TERM 9 Phonological Loop DEFINITION 9 Like the inner voice; stores word sounds TERM 10 Visuospatial Sketchpad DEFINITION 10 Stores visual and spatial information