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Week 3

DQ 1: How limited is short-term memory when compared to long-term memory? How

does this affect our overall consciousness? Is the retention of information conscious or

semi-conscious? Explain your answer

Short-term memory is information that the mind retains for short period of time.

Example is lock the door after the task is completed there is no longer a need to retain

the information. Long-term memory is information that the mind retains for a long period

of time, information is of importance. Example is learning a, b, c, how to walk, talk, ride

a bike, or drive a car, the information that is learned is retained in our long-term memory

for later use. Short-term memory retains information for a matter of seconds or minutes

and Long-term can retain for a life time. The overall consciousness which is the control

system of the mind, and can recall the information after the mind has organized, and

sorted the information that needs to recall. The retention of information is semi-

conscious because that of importance the mind retains and that of non-importance is

forgotten.

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Short-term memory can only hold information for about 20 to 30 seconds. Someone's

short term memory can be measured by using the digit test, which measures how many

digits someone can hold in memory at one time. An average digit span is about seven

digits, which is why telephone numbers are seven digits. Also, items in short-term

memory can be "bumped" out of memory by new short-term memory items. I believe

short-term memory is usually conscious. Most of us will repeat a number over and over

so that we can commit it to memory when we are getting ready to dial it. Short-term

memory is also easily accessed.

Long-term memory can last a lifetime. I believe that long-term memory is usually not

processed consciously. Because there is so much information from throughout our lives

that is contained within long-term memory, it is not always easily accessed. Sometimes

it can take us a minute of thinking to remember someone's name or even a memory

while our brain is processing through information stored in our long-term memory bank.

Information will go through long-term memory first which then decides whether to

commit it to long-term memory or store it in short-term memory.

Response 3

According to our reading on Short Term Memory on the average people can remember

about seven pieces of information at a time, with a normal range from five to nine items

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Week 3 DQ 1:?How limited is short-term memory when compared to long-term memory? How does this affect our overall consciousness? Is the retention of information conscious or semi-conscious? Explain your answer Short-term memory is information that the mind retains for short period of time. Example is lock the door after the task is completed there is no longer a need to retain the information. Long-term memory is information that the mind retains for a long period of time, information is of importance. Example is learning a, b, c, how to walk, talk, ride a bike, or drive a car, the informatio ...
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