PS260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Long-Term Memory, Free Recall, Cognitive Psychology
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One way to frame learning and memory: Analogy to creating, storing, and opening a computer file. This view is problematic for at least two reasons: New learning is grounded in previously learned (stored) knowledge. Your acquisition is not independent of your storage. Effective learning depends on how the information will be later retrieved. A perspective in cognitive psychology in which complex mental events involve a number of discrete components. These components receive input from, and sent input to, one another. The modal model (atkinson & shiffrin, 1968; waugh & norman, 1965) makes a distinction between two kinds of memory: Short-term memory (stm) holds the information currently in use. Long-term memory (ltm) all of the information one can remember. Vague model because it doesn"t define remember. Working memory (wm) a more recent term for short-term memory, emphasizing its function. Participants hear a long series of words (e. g. , 30) The position of an item in the presentation list is its serial position.
