Psychology 2135A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Parahippocampal Gyrus, Perceptual Learning, Amygdala

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2135A/B
• Professor: John Paul Minda

Document Summary

Chapter 6: the acquisition of memory and the working memory system. Acquisition process of gaining information and placing it into memory. Storage hold acquired information in memory. Retrieval locate memories and bring to active use. Updating the modal model: when info arrives, its stored in sensory memory , holds onto input in raw sensory form, echoic memory auditory inputs. Ideas in working memory are ideas that are currently activated and worked on. Words arriving earlier in the list get more attention. The last 5-6 don"t get bumped out of working mem because no other input arrives: u-shaped curve serial position. Still remember 7 plus or minus 2 chunks. Operation span: modern researchers measure memory capacity in terms of operation span, reading span read two sentences. Repeat the last word in each sentence- add another sentence if successful. Limit is the working memory capacity (wmc: results indicate three things, 1.