PSY-3217 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Memory Span, Iconic Memory, Sensory Memory

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Acquisition, storage, and retrieval: what each is, why the effectiveness of acquisition can"t be evaluated without considering storage and retrieval o. Acquisition, storage, and retrieval: three interrelated aspects of memory: acquisition: getting new information into memory. What we do during acquisition affects storage & retrieval. Acquisition also depends on what is stored in memory. Memory connections: it also depends on storage (organizing studied material as it will be stored, relating it to prior knowledge, chunking is also dependent on stored knowledge. The modal model of memory: general properties of the two memory systems, main differences between them: modal model: early idea of separate memory systems with different properties and functions, the route into memory. Information-processing model: information passes through a series of stages; processing is serial; each stage provides the output to the next. Early memory model referred to as the modal model (atkinson & schiffrin, 1968; Two main memory components: short-term memory (stm) and long-term memory (ltm)

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