Memory

Memory

1. Short Term/Working

   • Visual
   • Auditory
   • Connects to what already know
   • Focused Attention
   • Recent thoughts and Experiences

2. Long Term/Two Track

   • Emplict
     • Encoding Effortless Processing
     • Declarative
     • Through Conscious
   • Implict
     • Automatic Skills
     • Encode-automatic processing
     • Without Conscious
     • Nondeclarative
     • Space, Time, Frequency

3. Sensory

   • Echoic-hearing sounds for a few seconds
   • Iconic-seeing an image for a few seconds
   • Brief recording of sensory information

4. Forgetting

   • Encoding Failure
     • Not paying attention, information doesn't enter our brain
   • Storage Decay
     • Information fades from our brain forgetting over time
   • Retrieval Failure
     • Interference
       • Cluttered with new and old information
     • Motivated Forgetting

5. Improving Memory

   • Study before sleeping
   • Self Testing
   • Sleep More
   • Make notes in pictures
   • Use real life examples
   • Rehearse and Repeat
   • Chunk Information