PS102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Short-Term Memory, Developmental Psychology, Sketchpad
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3 short answer one is multi tiered. Chapter 4 and 5 are about equal and most heavily represented. What is the term in developmental psychology that denotes maturation from the trunk to the extremities: what is memory, cornerstone of cognition, required for most higher order functions, problem soling, reading. Language: caveat, limitations vulnerability, tremendous system, powerful, despite idiosyncrasies, model of memory, three processes, encoding get it in, acquiring information, detect the information. Long term memory : sensory register / memory, holds raw sensory input. Lasts fractions of a second (1/4 of a second: echoic stores auditory information. Lasts about 2 seconds: partial trace can last longer, volatile, short term memory: function, purpose and function. Integrate info: conscious awareness, temporary working area, hold current plans strategies, how is information represented, mental representations, various forms. If they do not compete you can multitask. Looking or listening isn"t as easy as you"d think.
