INFORMATION PROCESSING - MEMORY

TYPES OF MEMORY STORES

• Short term sensory stores (STSS)
• Short term memory (STM)
• Long term memory (LTM)

SHORT TERM SENSORY STORES

• Large capacity
• Held in brain for 1/2 a second or less
• First 'compartment' of memory
• Subconscious, information is lost if not immediately attended to
• Important information will be ENCODED

SHORT TERM MEMORY

• If information from senses is attended to it will be sent to the STM
• Capacity is limited
• Information can only be retained for 60 seconds
• 5-9 items remain in the STM for as long as they are attended to
• Chunking allows more information to be stored at one time

SHORT TERM MEMORY

• If information is rehearsed it will stay in the STM =MAINTAINENCE
• After 30 seconds of no attention, information will be lost
• important when learning motor skills, via recollection of previous performances
• The DCR process happens in the short term/ working memory
• DCR => DECECTION. COMPARISON. RECOGNITION.

SHORT TERM MEMORY

• Due to the limited capacity of the STM coaching should be:
• Given when the player is attentive
• Brief
• To the point
• Information can otherwise be lost before the player has a chance to use it

LONG TERM MEMORY

• All information from the STM is stored or lost
• It has a higher chance of being stored when it is rehearsed
• Thus the LTM is a store of well-learned past experiences
• Information held is used by STM to compare to new experiences
• Limitless capacity. Memories can be stored for long periods of time

LONG TERM MEMORY

• Factors that affect retention and retrieval of information
• Rehearsal: more rehearsal = more likely to be remembered
• Meaningfulness= important memories more likely to be kept
• Speed of learning= faster learnt more likely to be remembered
• Over learning=more practiced easier memory + retrieval