AP Psychology / Unit 2: Cognition
2.5 Storing Memories
Notes
Multi-store model: sensory memory → short-term memory (about 7 ± 2 items, under 30 seconds) → long-term memory.
- Long-term potentiation: strengthening synapses.
- Sleep helps memory consolidation.
Practice
Short-term memory holds about:
Miller's magic number.
Long-term potentiation is:
Neural basis of learning.
Sensory memory for images (iconic memory) lasts about:
Very brief.
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