The Memory Process

ABSTRACT

An understanding of how memory works in studying the memory process from stimuli to long-term memory. 

THE MEMORY PROCESS

Memory is a procedure through which the outcomes of knowledge are kept for impending usage. Hermann Ebbinghaus (1885) determined that considerable amount of what we learn is erase from our minds in a short length of time after it is learned, when it is learned through the use of sequential learning. Another method of learning is known as paired-associate learning, wherein the material learned must be repeated in the order in which it was given, also known as memorization. In addition, there is free recall which is a process in which knowledge that has been acquired may be restated in any sequence. (Ebbinghaus, 1885).

Memory has been compared to a computer in that it also has three stages: encoding, storage and retrieval. (M.U.S.E.) Likewise, there are three types of memory: sensory memory, short term memory and long term memory. Sensory memory is a quickly fleeting memory for a great assortment of stimuli. Short term memory is restricted in volume, but is prolonged and long term memories are prolonged and are in due course moved to other long-lasting storage. Encoding occurs in all three memory stages, wherein retrieval only occurs in short term memory.

There are a number of principles that may improve an individual’s memories. One could add to the number of study periods and spread those periods among time. Also, mnemonics is available. This entails a number of unusual methods for improving memory. The hippocampus plays an important part in memory; it is in control of relocating memories from short term to long term memory. If one has had a particular situation in the past they had to solve, they often rely on long term memory to retrieve that past solution.

The first storage system for memory is known as sensory memory and it is the administering of short-lived sensations perceived through one of the five senses. Sensory memory is momentary when a stimulus is eliminated hastily; sensory feedback generates solid indicators for memory recollection. Short