Question

Place the process of creating a long-lasting memory in the typical order of occurrence.

Retrieval

long-term memory

Sensory memory

Encoding

Short-term memory

Receiving external information

Answer 1

• There are three memory processes:-
• Encoding which is receiving,processing and combining the information.The information is received by our senses from the outside world.The information is attended to and modified which we have to put in our memory
• Storing process means creating a permanent record of the information that has been received by our senses.The encoded information which we have attended to and processed is stored in the memory for later use.
• Retrieval process when we use the information from our memory storage.We recall information and retrieve it in response to some cues to use the information.
• Memory is encoded and stored in three types of memory systems:-
• Sensory memory-in this the information we receive from our senses stays for a few seconds,if we attend to it.There is vast amount of information our senses receive,some of it is attended and some of it is lost.We see an object briefly before it disappers.
• Short term memory-what ever information we attended to in sensory memory is sent to short term memory.This has limited capacity,and information stays for 10-20 seconds.It only holds 7-9 items.Through rehearsal,the information stays longer otherwise it is forgotten.
• Long term memory-Rehearsal leads to information being sent from short term memory to LTM for longer and even life long storage.Repeating the information again and again,gets stored permanently in LTM,and can be retrieved later on.It has a vast storage capacity,so we remember everything from our childhood to what we did a month ago.Some memories stay us with us in our LTM until we die.