Psychology 2135A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Computer Data Storage, Perseveration, Confabulation

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2135A/B
• Professor: Marcie Penner- Wilger

Document Summary

Processes of memory: encoding/acquisition, storage, retrieval (memory systems) Location-based (computer) vs. context driven memory (human) Human memory driven by cues and context (e. g. , remembering to buy toilet paper when we are out) Computer is never involuntary, humans involuntary and voluntary. Maintenance rehearsal: practice, practice, practice (phone #"s) System underlying the maintenance of task-relevant information during performance of a cognitive task. Maintenance, storage, and manipulation of acoustic (verbal) information. Maintenance, storage, and manipulation of visual/spatial information. Updating and checking contents of working memory. Task is performed by itself and concurrently with a secondary task designed to tap one of the components of working memory. Secondary task: articulatory suppression (e. g. , the the multitasking) E. g. , name all the birds we know. ^doing all these as secondary tasks while doing a primary task^ (testing to see if they are using phonological loop or visuospatial sketchpad) (condition aka secondary task: chess only, chess + a. s. | chess+spatial tapping)