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Memory 1
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- 1William James (1890)Primary memory - short term memory
Secondary memory - long term memory - 2Different sorts of memory systemsEpisodic memory - sensory (ms), short term (sec), long term (hours, months)
Semantic memory (months, years) - 3Atkinson and Shiffrin (1968) - The modal multistore model of memorySensory register - brief sensory stores (iconic, echoic memory)
Short term store - primary memory, limited capacity/duration, rehearsal
Long term store - secondary memory, unlimited capacity and duration - 4Jevons (1871) - The power of numerical discriminationSensory memories - visual
throw beans into a black tray and count how many landed in white box
correct up to about 8,
9+ decreased accuracy - 5Averbach (1963) - estimating the span of apprehensionTachistoscope used - estimate how many dots appear within a brief period of time which are then masked - time was a variable interval
150ms gave time to make accurate counts
though 9+ showed no change as no more could be counted - visual memory is limited
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- Cognitive Psychology Flashcards on Memory 1, created by Martynas Matuzevicius on 15/01/2017.
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