PSYB57H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Short-Term Memory, Free Recall
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B57: chapter 5- the acquisition of memories and the working-memory system. Acquisition- the process of placing new info into lt memory. Retrieval- a connection that can lead to a sought-after memory in lt storage. Storage- the state in which memory, once acquired, remains dormant until it is retrieved. For many years theorizing in cognitive psych was guided by a perspective known as information processing- Learning, memorizing, deciding involved a large number of discrete steps; each step has its own job and characteristics, w/ each providing as its output the input to the next step in the sequence. This theory focused on the processes through which info was detected, reorganized, and entered into memory storage --, that is on the process of info acquisition. Modal model- a nickname for a specific conception of the architecture of memory. in this model working memory serves as the storage site for material now being contemplated and also as the :loading platform for lt memory.
