3.3 Memory

Question 1

What is the order of memory that information passes through?

Answer 1

• Sensory Memory
• STM
• LTM

Question 2

What does sensory information do?

Answer 2

Lasts only a few seconds and holds visual images and auditory sounds

Question 3

What happens to information if it is not passed to LTM from STM?

Answer 3

Will be lost by displacement or decay

Question 4

What is Rehearsal (STM)?

Answer 4

• Items can be maintained within the STM for longer periods of time
• Repeating a piece of information several times
• Helps transfer to LTM

Question 5

What is chunking (STM)?

Answer 5

• The organisation of many pieces of information into smaller chunks
• Breaking down phone numbers
• Increases capacity of STM

Question 6

What is Serial Position Effect (STM)?

Answer 6

• When information is viewed in a sequence, the first and last few pieces of information are remembered best
• First pieces are remembered as there has been enough time for rehearsal and gets transferred to LTM
• Middle pieces are forgotten about as STM is crowded
• Last pieces of information is remembered because they are fresh in the STM

Question 7

How can information be transferred from STM to LTM?

Answer 7

• Rehearsal
• Organisation
• Elaboration

Question 8

What is organisation (LTM)?

Answer 8

Organising information into logical groups or categories makes it more easily transferable into the LTM

Question 9

What is elaboration?

Answer 9

Elaboration allows us to make information easier to transfer and store by building it into a bigger story