PSYC1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Short-Term Memory, Sketchpad, Sensory Memory
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Cognition: mental processes by which information from the environment is made meaningful, stores, retrieved, used, modified and communication to others. Memory: persistence of learning over time, through storage and retrieval of information: memories aren"t accurately reproduced overtime (prone to error, a lot of memories are permanently stored. Encoding: getting information into the system by translating it into a neural code that your brain processes. Storage: involves retaining information over time: once in the system, information must be filed away and saved. Like when a computer stores information temporarily on ram (random access memory) and more permanently on a hard drive. Retrieval: refers to processes that access stored information: on a computer, retrieval occurs when you give a software command ("open file") that transfers information from the hard drive back to the ram and the screen. A three-stage model: depicts memory as having 3 major components: Sensory memory: working memory (short-term, long-terms memory.
