Process of Memory
• Sensory Register – see, hear, feel, limbic system
– Iconic – visual (memory task #2)
– Echoic – auditory
– Eidetic – photographic memory (#3)
How much information can you How much information can you hold?hold?
Try to see if you can remember all of the Try to see if you can remember all of the following numbersfollowing numbers
Memory Task #4
Short Term Memory
• On average, most people can hold about 7 items in short term memory at a time– Phone numbers– Maintenance rehearsal - repetition– Varies by individual
Serial Position Test
Listen to the list of words that I will read aloud. When I give you the cue, try to write down as many as you can
remember.
Memory Task #5
Primacy and Recency
• Nation
• Uncle
• Valley
• Skin
• Question
• Record
• Animal
• Roof
• Weather
• Doctor
• Circle
• Friend
• Railroad
• Shade
• Machine
• Thought
• Gold
• Season
• Class
• Movie
Process of Memory
• Long Term Memory (LTM)– Types:
• Procedural – how to do things
• Factual – bits of information– “Generic”/Semantic – facts
– Episodic – personal, “flashbulb”
Yet another memory testYet another memory test
Try to remember as much as possible of the following long string of letters.
When I give you the cue, see how many you can write down.
(Test #6)
Elaboration TestElaboration Test
As you see the words, follow the instruction to either:
-count the e’sor
-place in a category
At the end, see how many you can remember and write down.
(Test #7)
• Date
• Black
• Bridge
• Grass
• Cookie
• Bat
• Chair
• Host
• File
• Beethoven
• Bulb
• Anger
• Freud
• Giggle
• Egg
• Pitcher
• Violet
• Maine
• Wind
• Spring
• Jefferson
• Lead
• Jam
• Rattle
• Marker
• Page
• Plumber
• Perch
• Rock
• Notwithstanding
Sorted E’s Category
How about another memory How about another memory test?test?
I will read a list of words aloud. Try to remember as many of the words as possible and write them down when I
give the cue.