CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

COGNITION AND EMOTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Iconic memory refers to
A
visually encoded images in long-term memory
B
the encoded meanings of words and events in short-term memory
C
photographic, or picture-image, memory that lasts for only a few tenths of a secon
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Iconic memory refers to. the encoded meanings of words and events in short-term memory. photographic, or picture-image, memory that lasts for only a few tenths of a second. the effortlessly processed incidental information about the timing and frequency of events. the visually encoded images in long-term memory.

Detailed explanation-2: -the brief retention of an image of a visual stimulus beyond cessation of the stimulus. This iconic image usually lasts less than a second. In a multistore model of memory, iconic memory precedes short-term memory. Also called visual sensory memory.

Detailed explanation-3: -Iconic memory is the storage for visual memory that allows people to visualize an image after the physical stimulus is no longer present. It is a type of sensory memory that lasts just milliseconds before fading.

Detailed explanation-4: -The sensory store (e.g., iconic memory for images or echoic memory for sounds) holds the information for less than one second.

Detailed explanation-5: -Information stored in iconic memory generally disappears within half a second (depending on the brightness). Iconic memory is a component of sensory memory that involves a fast-decaying visual information store (Sperling, 1960). It provides a coherent yet fleeting representation of our visual perception (Pratte, 2018).

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