Psühholoogia bioloogiline-, kognitiivne- ja sotsiaalne vaade
stores and memory processes are sequential. It consists three major components:
1) Sensory memory: briefly holds incoming sensory information.
2) Short-term memory: temporarily holds a limited amount of information.
3) Long-term memory: our vast library of more durable sored memories.
The actions influencing the information's way to the different memory stores are
attention, coding and rehearsal. This model is very simplistic and reflects the
knowledge available in the 19060s.
Sperling conducted a classic experiment on how long sensory memory can hold
information. He flashed a matrix of 12 letters on a screen for 1/20 of a second and
asked to recall as many letters as the participants could (typically 3 to 5 letters). The
second condition was a tone, which signaled the participants to report a certain row of
letters. In this case they recalled all 4 letters in a row. They did not know ahead which
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