Psy201 Dqs

PSY 201 Week 3 DQ Responses

DQ 1

According to Pearson Education there are three stages of memory:

STAGE ONE – Sensory Store

Sensory memory is a fleeting representation of what is being sensed. Information is literally copied for only a brief moment. A person must be paying attention in order to move information from storage to the next stage of the memory.

STAGE TWO – Short Term or Working Memory

This stage of memory holds up to seven items of information for about 30 seconds before encoding it into long term memory through many different processes like rehearsal and repetition.

STAGE THREE – Long Term Memory

This is where we store unlimited amounts of information for unlimited amounts of time. We can retrieve this information at any time for further processing in our short term/working memory.

Understanding how our memory works help us in learning new skills, this can be one of the most effective ways to improve your memory.

REFRENCE

Link for Pearson Education's Information-Processing Model of Memory

DQ 2

Refer to p. 212 of Psychology and Your Life. Determine your memory style and explain how might you apply this information at work and at school.

According to the Determine Your Memory Style quiz provided on page 212 of Psychology and Your Life, my personal learning style is VISUAL. Visual learning means my preference of learning is to remember things in terms of the way they appear. Visual learners can close their eyes to recall what they have read or seen earlier.

I can apply this information at work and school by continuing to submit well-organized responses to my peers as well as discussion questions and paying close attention to details.

I can enhance my Visual Learning Style by:

Highlighting notes so all information relating to one topic is in the same color category.

Using flash cards to help me study/practice.

Minimizing visual distractions in my study space such as covering windows.

REFERENCE

Feldman, R. S. (2010)...