AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -When I (or any cognitive psychologist) refer to “short-term memory”, we’re talking about memory that lasts for 15-30 seconds. Not minutes, not a day, not a few weeks. Just 15-30 seconds.

Detailed explanation-2: -Short-term memory stores information you recently received. It lasts for a few seconds to 1 minute. Sensory memory, also called the sensory register, holds information from the senses.

Detailed explanation-3: -The duration of short term memory seems to be between 15 and 30 seconds, according to Atkinson and Shiffrin (1971). Items can be kept in short term memory by repeating them verbally (acoustic encoding), a process known as rehearsal.

Detailed explanation-4: -The type of short-term memory (or computer file) depends on the type of information received. There are memories in visual-spatial form, as well as memories of spoken or written material, and they are stored in three short-term systems: a visuospatial sketchpad, an episodic buffer, and a phonological loop.

Detailed explanation-5: -Short-term memory refers to the memory systems in the brain involved in remembering pieces of information for a short period of time, often up to 30 seconds . Short-term memory creates a kind of “visuospatial” sketch of information the brain has recently absorbed and will process into memories later on.