Cogsci 1B Final Exam Questions and
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Three Stage model of memory - ✔✔Atkinson-Shiffrin model
sensory memory
working memory (short term memory)
long term memory
Sensory memory - ✔✔holds sensory info briefly (.5-4 seconds)
selection and processing of info
part of perception
iconic memory
echoic memory
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,iconic memory - ✔✔photographic memory
visual sensory memory
echoic memory - ✔✔auditory sensory memory
eidetic imagery - ✔✔photographic memory
characterized by relatively long lasting and detailed images of visual scenes that can be
scanned and looked at
only 5% of children and less in adults
sensory mem
short term memory - ✔✔working memory
hold items that are actively being thought about
limited capacity - 7 +/- 2 items, number of words you can speak in 1.5 seconds
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,5-30 seconds
working mem - because info decays rapid unless maintained in consciousness through
rehearsal (active process)
phonological loop - ✔✔associated with left hemi
briefly stores sounds
part of working mem
cannot perform two at same time but can one verbal one spatial
working mem
visuospatial sketchpad - ✔✔associated with right hemi
stores visual and spatial info
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, cannot perform two at same time but can one verbal one spatial
working mem
episodic buffer - ✔✔working mem
hold and combine info from phonological loop, visuospatial sketchpad and long term
memory to form a story - time sequencing
central executive - ✔✔integrates info from phonological loop, visuospatial sketchpad
and episodic buffer
similar to attention sensory model in atkinson shriffin model
long term memory - ✔✔all of one's knowledge
no time limit
no limit to amount
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Three Stage model of memory - ✔✔Atkinson-Shiffrin model
sensory memory
working memory (short term memory)
long term memory
Sensory memory - ✔✔holds sensory info briefly (.5-4 seconds)
selection and processing of info
part of perception
iconic memory
echoic memory
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,iconic memory - ✔✔photographic memory
visual sensory memory
echoic memory - ✔✔auditory sensory memory
eidetic imagery - ✔✔photographic memory
characterized by relatively long lasting and detailed images of visual scenes that can be
scanned and looked at
only 5% of children and less in adults
sensory mem
short term memory - ✔✔working memory
hold items that are actively being thought about
limited capacity - 7 +/- 2 items, number of words you can speak in 1.5 seconds
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,5-30 seconds
working mem - because info decays rapid unless maintained in consciousness through
rehearsal (active process)
phonological loop - ✔✔associated with left hemi
briefly stores sounds
part of working mem
cannot perform two at same time but can one verbal one spatial
working mem
visuospatial sketchpad - ✔✔associated with right hemi
stores visual and spatial info
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, cannot perform two at same time but can one verbal one spatial
working mem
episodic buffer - ✔✔working mem
hold and combine info from phonological loop, visuospatial sketchpad and long term
memory to form a story - time sequencing
central executive - ✔✔integrates info from phonological loop, visuospatial sketchpad
and episodic buffer
similar to attention sensory model in atkinson shriffin model
long term memory - ✔✔all of one's knowledge
no time limit
no limit to amount
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