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the organs that receive information from the environment in the form of physical signals
Sensory Registers
contains the signals that are selected for further processing

-Information can be held for 5 to 20 seconds

-Looking up a telephone number
Short term/working memory
the repository of information that the individual has processed for retention.

-Information may be retained for days, months, and years.
Long term memory
the process that selects and recognizes some of the physical signals in sensory memory.

Example: Recognizing the scent of a rose or the faces of friends
Perception
processing information in working memory for storage in long-term memory.
Encoding
repeating information over and over. Very insufficient because information is quickly forgotten
Maintenance Rehearsal
transforms the information in some way.

- Involves forming connections to material that is already in long-term memory and constructing other cues for later recall
Elaborative Rehearsal
useful for specific items of information, including arbitrary sets of information

-Examples: ROYGBIV acronyms
Mnemonics
accessing information that the individual has stored

*Requires effort and reconstruction of the material
*Cues for retrieval – internal, external, or combo.
Retrieval