Psychology with Special Education

  Human memory is like a computer which allows us to store information for later use but the major difference between humans and computers in terms of memory has to do with how the information is stored. Process of memory- According to the information processing model of memory four major processes are- Attention  Encoding  Storage Retrieval The process of holding information in sensory memory is divided into two types of memory- Short term Memory  Long term memory  Short Term Memory- Short term memory takes over when the information in our sensory memory is transferred to our consciousness or our awareness information is currently active such as reading this page,talking to a friend or writing a paper. Short term memory can last longer than sensory memory up to 30 seconds or so,  but it has a very limited capacity. Long Term Memory- Long term memory is  relatively permanent and practically unlimited in terms of its storage capacity. It's been argued t...