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What is the Three-Stage Model of Memory?

The Atkinson-Shiffrin model that describes memory formation as a process moving through sensory, short-term, and long-term memory.

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What is the Three-Stage Model of Memory?

The Atkinson-Shiffrin model that describes memory formation as a process moving through sensory, short-term, and long-term memory.

What is Sensory Memory?

The initial, very brief recording of sensory information in the memory system.

What is Short-Term Memory (STM)?

The memory system that holds a few items briefly, such as digits of a phone number while calling.

What is Long-Term Memory (LTM)?

The relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system.

What is Semantic Memory?

Memory for facts, concepts, and general knowledge.

What is Episodic Memory?

Memory for personal experiences and events.

What is Procedural Memory?

Memory for how to do things, like riding a bike.

What are Hierarchies in memory organization?

Organizational charts in the brain where broad categories split into more specific ones, aiding quick retrieval.

What are Schemas?

Mental frameworks that help us make sense of the world, but can also cause biases in memory.

What are Prototypes?

The best examples of a category, influencing how we categorize and remember information.

Compare Explicit and Implicit memory.

Explicit memory is conscious and declarative (facts, events), while implicit memory is unconscious and non-declarative (skills, habits).

Compare Semantic and Episodic memory.

Semantic memory is for general knowledge and facts, while episodic memory is for personal experiences and events.

How is chunking applied in real life?

Organizing a phone number into three parts (e.g., 123-456-7890) to make it easier to remember.

How are mnemonic devices applied in real life?

Using acronyms like ROY G. BIV to remember the colors of the rainbow.

How is the understanding of the hippocampus' role in memory applied in treating amnesia?

Rehabilitation strategies focus on strengthening existing memories and using compensatory techniques to form new ones, given the hippocampus' role in encoding.