Many cognitive psychologists believe that human memory has three components. Describe each of these components, including both its capacity and its duration. Explain how students must process information so that it arrives at the third, final component
What will be an ideal response?
The sensory register holds virtually all the information we sense (hence has a very large capacity) in a relatively unencoded form for a second or two (actually, less than a second for visual input and about two to three seconds for auditory input). Working memory is the component that actively processes information. It holds a small amount of information (hence has a limited capacity) for perhaps 5–20 seconds, although information can be kept there longer through the use of maintenance rehearsal. Long-term memory has a seemingly unlimited capacity and an indefinitely long duration
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