Educational Psychology / Unit 5 EDP 0416 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Three Stores
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The idea
The Atkinson-Shiffrin model moves information from sensory memory, lasting seconds at most, to short-term or working memory, then to long-term memory, with no practical limit.
In practice
A phone number seen, held briefly while dialing, and later known by heart.
Where people slip
Working memory holds only a limited number of items, for around twenty to thirty seconds without rehearsal.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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