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December 20th 2008

Types of memory

Memory Type

Description

Example

Visual memory

Vision is the primary sense involved during the memorization process

Remembering a person’s face

Auditory memeory

Hearing is the most active sense

Remembring the teacher’s instructions

Spatial ordering

Remembering things in a particular order

Memorizing phone numbers

Short-term memory

A temporary memory for processing the most recent information

Remembering things heard or seen a moment ago

Long-term memory

Intended for storing information over a long period of time

Remembering e.g. the multiplication table for the rest of one’s life

Recognition memory

 Awareness that some things are alredy heard of or known

Recognition of known faces

Recall and retrieval

Ability to find information stored in memory . One does not have to think for a long time to retrieve such information.

Remembering spelling during a test.

Automatic memory

A fast memory that allows humans to think ina frction of second about what they want to do at a given moment

Remebering shyapes of letter during writing activities

Episodic memory

Remembering things that have happened in one’s life

Remebering a nice summer holiday

Procedural memory

Memorization of procedures, of how to do certain things

Remebering how to add or subtract

Motor function memory

Remebering how to perform tasks, using muscles

Remembering how to ride bicycle

Photographic memory

Remembering what one has learned

Remebering the names of planets

Working memory

Memory, which allows humans to combine various things needed at a moment

Remembering assignment instuctions during writing an essey

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November 15th 2008

Attention

Attention can be either involuntary (spontaneous) or intentional. It can be characterized by the length of time it remains active (attention span), by the strength of mental processes involved (attention intensity), and by the number of items it could be focused on (attention division). It greatly depends on an individual’s temperament, emotions, interests, well-being, age, and surroundings.
One of the first major psychologists, William James, is the author of the most famous definition of attention, which he defined in these words:

Everyone knows what attention is. It is the taking possession by the mind in clear and vivid form, of one out of what seem several simultaneously possible objects or trains of thought…It implies withdrawal from some things in order to deal effectively with others ( Jacknicke 1995).

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