2. The crux of memory is
our ability to store
information, without
this vital step, memory
would be worthless.
Storage: the retention
of encoded information.
3. Storage
Short Term
Sensory or Long Term
Memory Working Memory
Memory
6. Sensory Memory is another of those simple
definitions of psychology.
It is the recording of the sensory information
in the memory system. (sight, feel etc.)
We have an ability to photographically
remember a fleeting second of information
and then its gone…if not important enough to
capture.
8. Stores a few items
briefly, such as a
telephone number,
then is either
remembered or
forgotten.
Short term memory
is limited by
duration and
capacity.
9. Look at the letter set of consonants.
After seeing the letter set, turn around and
begin to count backwards from 100 by 3’s.
When asked, please recall the letter set. You
will be asked twice.
12. Short term memory is
characterized by the
magic ‘7’s’ phenomena.
We can typically store +
or – 7 items of
information.
Random numbers, like
telephone numbers are
easier than random
letters.
13. Imagine Life without
Short Term memory.
Every moment would
be new to you even
though you just
experienced it.
Cases of short term
memory loss are rare
compared to long term
memory loss.
14.
15. Storage
Short Term
Sensory or Long Term
Memory Working Memory
Memory
16. The last stage of storage
is the loooooooooooong
term memory stage.
It is simply the
relatively permanent
and limitless storehouse
for your memories.
17. 1. How many steps are there to the storage
process?
2. What is the name of the lightning fast
memory that is first in the process?
18. 3. What is another name for short-term
memory?
4. How many items can we usually store in our
working/short term memory?
19. 5. What type of memory loss does Clive
Wearing suffer from?
6. Is Clive faking?
20.
21.
22. Adult humans can store approx 1 Billion bits of
information into long term memory.
We have the capacity for 1,000 to 1,000,000
times that amount!!!!!!!!!!
All of the computer memory in every computer
in the world still doesn’t equal one brain.
23. Count off by 5’s
Come up with a comical skit with your best
Clive impersonation.
Place Clive in a 1 or 2 min skit where
something embarrassing happens because of
his memory loss.
No Mr. and Mrs. Clive items in the skits…….
24. The region of the brain
that helps store explicit
memories or those that
you consciously try to
learn is the
hippocampus.
Think of this region as
the brain’s librarian,
directing memories to
differing regions of the
brain.
