PSY100Y5 Lecture 7: Memory
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Buddhist monks: we put our attention where we think there might be a threat, the best way to increase attention is meditation which exercises your attention and makes you under your control, attention is the fuel for everything that we do, example: texting and driving can"t be done at the same time because you"re dividing your attention and your performance. Sensory detection: we come in with pre set programs as to what to pay attention to and what, our unconscious will discover what to pay attention to it"s not good to rely on your unconscious for that, the brain can be trained to pay attention to certain things and not to to ignore others, the more attention you pay, the better your performance will be, ignoring certain movement to avoid dividing attention to everything. Assumes that memory consists of 3 stores : sensory registers, iconic (visual, echoic (auditory, solve problems, respond to environmental demands, achieve goals.
