PSYCH 2H03 Chapter 6: The Acquisition of Memories and the Working Memory System
13 Feb 2017
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The acquisition of memories and the working memory. The route into memory: information processing - a particular approach to theorizing in which complex mental events, such as learning, remembering, and deciding, are understood as being built up out of a large number of discrete steps. These steps occur one by one, with each providing as its output the input to the next step in the sequence: modal model - consensus between the waugh/norman and atkinson/shiffrin models; Nickname for a specific conception of the architecture of memory. Working memory is storage site for material currently being contemplated and. Can reach working memory through processes of perception or can be drawn from working memory. Once in working memory, material can be further processed, or it can be recycled for future use. Encouraged a lot of valuable research but is now largely set aside to give way to a different concept of wm. Sensory - raw sensory input (less important in current theories)
