Memory

Part I of Essay
is the vital tool in learning and thinking . We all use in our everyday lives. Think about the first time you ever tied your shoe laces or rode a bike; those are all forms of , long term or short. If you do not remember anything from the past , you would never learn; thu ....

Part II of Essay
.... Sensory memory is the shortest and less extensive of the others. It can hold memory for only an instance (Memory p. 32). Suppose you see a tree , the image of the tree is briefly held by the sensory memory and quickly disappears unless you transfer it to your short-term memory (Rhodes p. 130). The next level is called short-term memory. The image or fact can be held as long as the brain is actively thinking about it (Loftus p. 392). For example , if you look up a number in the phone book and repeat it to yourself until you dial it , that i ....