Unit 8 Memory

an active system that receives information from the senses, puts that information into a usable form, organizes it and stores it away, and then retrieves the information from storage

Memories are revised, edited, and altered on an almost continuous basis

• true

• false

The first stage in the memory system is to get sensory information (sight, sound, etc.) into a form that the brain can use in a process called...

• encoding

• storage

• retrieval

• sensory

The next step in memory is to hold on to the information for some period of time in a process called...

• encoding

• storage

• retrieval

• sensory

getting the information you know you have out of storage and into a form that it can be used... biggest problem people have

• encoding

• storage

• retrieval

• sensory memory

Processing of information for memory storage that is similar to the way a computer processes memory

• retrieval cue

• mnemonic devices

• information-processing model

• memory trace processing model

First stage of the information-processing model

• LTM

• sensory memory

• STM

Second stage of the information-processing model

• LTM

• sensory memory

• STM

Third stage of the information-processing model

• LTM

• sensory memory

• STM

two kinds of sensory memory

• iconic

• ilicit

• episodic

• echoic