Memory and Information Processing

Running head : MEMORY AND INFORMATION PROCESSING
MEMORY AND INFORMATION PROCESSING
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Part 1
1. Describe memory and outline the model of information processing.
Memory is the faculty of the brain by which the data and information is encoded,
retrieved and stored when needed. Memory is often understood as the only informational
processing system that is made up of the sensory functions which work for long term and
short term process. The outline of information processing is provided below :
2. Describe sensory information store.
The sensory information store allows the environmental information to be retrained,
sometimes it might be for a faction of a second, after making its way into consciousness.
The sensory memory is known to absorb a tremendous amount of information which is
related to the outer environment. For example seeing something or hearing something in
the outer environment
3. Explain short-term [and working] memory.

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Short term memory is known as the memory which has the capacity of holding a very
small amount of information in the mind when its active. For example the short term
memory or the working memory is remembering a person’s contact number when it is
just recited. The duration of the short term memory is believed to complete in few
seconds. Whereas the working memory is a cognitive system of holding the information
with a very limited capacity that has the responsibility of holding a memory for a
temporary purpose.
4. Outline the major types of long term memory. What are mnemonic devices and how can
students make studying (for exams) more efficient?
The two major types of long term memory are declarative and non declarative memory.
The mnemonics devices are certain tools which are used by many people in order to
remember certain things. With the help of the mnemonics the person will be able to
associate with things which he or she needs to remember for a very long period of time. It
is therefore very helpful as because it helps in remembering things very easier, keeps the
information sticking to the brain and also makes things easier to recall when in need of it.
Some of the most common mnemonic devices are acronyms, acrostics, rhymes, songs
and the "Method of Loci" (or mind palace).
5. Why do people forget?
Forgetting can be defined as the inability to retrieve the memory or any kind of
information when needed. According to the author Blumenstock (2018) people might
forget things very easily because it might not be kept in the long term memory in the first
place. Or it might also happen that the information was not coded effectively in the brain.
That is why people forget the information in the future.