PSYC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Long-Term Memory, George Sperling, Sensory Memory
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It is the way in which we record the past and later refer it so that it may affect the present. Memory involves more than taking information in and storing it in some mental compartment: how does info get into memory, how is info maintained in memory, how is info pulled back out of memory. What are the three processes of memory? others. How people search memory and why some retrieval strategies are more effective than. Attention involves focussing awareness on a narrowed range of stimuli or events. Attention i linked to a filter that screens out stimuli while allowing a few to pass through. Attention involves late selection, based on the meaning of the input. Example: if into conscious awareness. you are having a convo with someone, and other people are having a different convo in the background. Even if you are not paying attention to their convo, you will notice if you hear your name.