Sensory, Short, & Long Term Memory
TO DO LIST
- Module Seven Pretest - 1/2/19
- Module Seven Lesson One Notes - 1/2/19
- Module Seven Lesson One: Memory Crossword - 1/3/19
- Module Seven Lesson One: Memory and Forgetting Activity - 1/7/19
- Module Seven Lesson One: Vocab assignment - 1/8/19
- Module Seven Lesson One: Check your understanding - 1/9/19
- Module Seven Extra Credit - 1/10/19
- Module Seven MC Test - 1/11/19
- Module Seven MC Test (Alternative) - 1/11/19
- Module Seven MC Test Corrections - 1/14/19
Instruction:
Let's go into more details about the Three Box Model of memory and each of it's stages.
First we have our sensory memory, then some of that information is encoded into the short term memory and then some of the things we remember in the short term is encoded into long term memories.
SENSORY MEMORY
Our sensory memory is our split second holding take for incoming information. There are thousands of bits of information going on around us... There is no way we can possibly take in everything that goes on all the time. We tend to encode what is important to us (remember selective attention?) There are two types of sensory memories that you need to know - iconic and echoic memories. The key characteristics of these is that they are fleeting - meaning they are there for a minute and then they are gone. So iconic memories are fleeting visual memories and echoic memoriesare fleeting auditory memories.
Check out the following Prezi on Sensory memory and the experiemnt Geroge Sperling completed to student sensory memory,
https://prezi.com/ri9q1n6qo_oc/ap-psychology-sensory-memory/
SHORT TERM MEMORY
Another name for our short term memory is "working memory." The capacity of our short term memory is 7 items +/- 2. Which means that we can hold anywhere from 5-9 items in our short term memory. Memories in the short term can fade within seconds or minutes. Some of our short term memories are later stored into our long term memory.
LONG TERM MEMORY
Our long term memory is unlimited in its capacity, unlike our short term memory however they are not truly permanent sense memories can fade.
We can also have memories that are Explicit and Implicit in the long term.
Explicit Memories (aka declarative) are those that require conscious recall.
1. Episodic memories - memory of a specific event - stored in a sequential series.
2. Semantic memories - general knowledge, facts, meanings - stored in categories.
Implicit Memories (aka non-declarative) are those that do not require conscious recall.
3. Procedural memories - memory of how to perform a specific skill - stored in a sequential series.
So take bike riding for example - You may remember the first time you rode a bike without training wheels (episodic) , you may remember how to ride a bike (procedural) and you may remember the different parts of a bike (semantic)
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Teacher talk - Mr Redder Tips to remember
"Memory: the persistence of learning over time through the storage and retrieval of information." (Myers, Psychology)
All of the different types of memory can get confusing! Please see the following chart to help you organize the memory types.
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