Memory

Term My Memory

Information Processing Information comes from my senses

Input The sensory information we receive from our

environment

Encoding (Acoustic, Visual & Semantic) The input of information into the memory
system

Storage Storage is the creation of a permanent record

of the encoded information.

Output The information we recall; in a broader sense,

output can refer to behavioural memories

Retrieval The recall of stored memories

Short Term Memory - limited capacity, short duration (Miller's Magic 7, 7 informations in STM)
Long Term Memory - Limitless, information stays there
*Visual is better than words to remember*
Serial Position Effect

Words in the beginning and end are often more rehearsed and transferred into LTM, whereas
words in the middle of the list were recalled less because there had not been enough time to
rehearse them into LTM before they were being displace from STM