PSY270H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Semantic Similarity, Epiphenomenon, Standardized Test

• School: UTSG
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY270H1
• Professor: Kristie Dukewich

Document Summary

Psy270 day 5 ch5 memory mon, oct 6th. Treisman"s attenuation theory of attention: top down, semantic processing (cocktail party syndrome), late selection theory. Broadbent"s filter theory of attention: bottom up, physical attributes, early selection theory. = memory gives us coherence to our life. If we lose our ability to use memory, we will lose our sense of consciousness; being aware. Memory is rubric= includes various processes and structures interact. Set of 3 complimentary mental operations; encoding(get info)-> storage(maintain)-> retrieval(get info out) Eg. rehearsal: repeating info in order to keep it active. Inputs-> sensory(filter)-> stm (output or store to ltm) visual modality, tactile-> tactile modality), for how long and how much=is theme sensory register b. c modality itself is different . (taste is hard to study)