1. Running head: MEMORY 1
Memory
Angel Elam
Rasmussen College
Author Note
This paper is being submitted on October 18th, 2016 for Kehiante Mckinley’s
G148/PSY1012 Section 04 General Psychology class.

2. MEMORY 2
Memory
Short-term memory occurs with words, numbers, and sensations maintained by rehearsal.
It is the process of temporarily storing and managing information required to perform a task such
as learning, reasoning, or comprehension. This information is typically stored for twenty
seconds. There is limited space when dealing with short-term memory: on average it can
generally store about seven pieces of information. An example using short-term memory would
be looking up a number and being able to dial it into your phone, and then completely forgetting
it moments later.
Long-term memory occurs with concepts that have meaning and can be recalled
indefinitely. As our days progress we tend to forget things and remember them later. This is
where long-term memory comes into play because we are able to access important information
sensation, feeling, or meaning. Long-term memory has an infinite amount of space to store
information.
Sensory memory has the shortest memory length out of the three. It only has the ability to
retain information for milliseconds. There are two different types of sensory information, echoic
memory, which is used for auditory information; and iconic memory, which allows us to hang
onto visual images. As you sit and read this information you are taking in the visual information
in front of you, light in the room, words in this paper, and things going on all around your
periphreals. Now stop and listen, you will hear things that you didn’t hear before. Sensory
memory takes in all the information going on around you and provides our brain with the
important details. Although the capacity for sensory memory is huge, the information is never
processed, it is instantly forgotten.

3. MEMORY 3
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