Psychology A - Cognitive (MSM)

Question	Answer
What is short-term memory?	An temporary store where small amounts of information can be kept for brief periods.
What is Long-term memory?	A permanent store where limitless amounts of information can be stored for long periods.
Capacity	The amount of information that can be held in memory at any one time.
Duration	The length of time that memories can be held.
Encoding	The way in which information is represented in the memory store, e.g. by sound, meaning or image.
Sensory memory	A set of limited capacity, modality-specific stores that hold information for a very brief period.
Components of Sensory memory	1. Visual, auditory, tactile, haptic coding 2. Limited capacity 3. Very brief duration

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