General Psychology

Process by which one encodes, stores, and receives information

The initial process of recording information in a form usable to memory

The maintenance of material saved in memory

Material in memory storage has to be located and brought into awareness to be useful

The initial, momentary storage of information, lasting only an instant

Memory that holds information for 15 to 25 seconds

Memory that stores information on a relatively permanent basis, although it may be difficult to retrieve

A type of sensory memory reflects information from the visual system

A type of Sensory Memory that store auditory information coming from the ears

A meaningful grouping of stimuli that can be stored as a unit in short-term memory

7 chunks for 15-25 seconds