PSYC 3265 Lecture 2: Lecture 2 memory one class

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3265
• Professor: Norman Park

Document Summary

Measure the time from when the stimulus is put into play and the response of the. Lecture 2: (more important lecture than lecture 1) Measures the accuracy of an individual"s performance. Eg verbatim vs gist recall (verbatim is more accurate) 1- sensory registers: collection of memory stores (one for vision, touch, audition etc, helps hold onto info for brief periods of time. 4- control processes: manipulate info into short-term memory (rehearsing info, transferring to and from long-term memory) Presumes there are multiple memory systems but memory systems have a different function from what we believe now. Emphasize the importance of being able to restore. Sensory register that went into short-term memory if it stayed there long enough it would make its way into the long-term memory. Thought of short-term memory in terms of storage, now we think of it as a working memory a more dynamic system that manipulates information.