PSYC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Short-Term Memory, Long-Term Memory, Mental Calculation

• School: UConn
• Department: Psychological Sciences
• Course: PSYC 1100
• Professor: Harvey Swadlow

Document Summary

There are three stages of memory: encoding (getting information into the brain), storage (storing the information), and retrieval (remembering the information when you need it) Short term/working memory (memory that won"t be able to be retrieved in the future) vs long term memory (memory that can be retrieved in the future): encoding, storage, and retrieval are used for both types of memory. Explicit memories (conscious memories, facts, things you remember from 3 years of age and on) vs implicit memories (knowing how to do things, classical conditioning, perception, motor skills) To store material that is needed for short term periods. To serve as a workspace for computations in the mind. We can work to make short term memories into long term memories. Requirement for solving thought problems, word order, concept manipulations, and mental arithmetic. Provides a work space so the problem can be solved mentally. Code is generally sensory (acoustic (sounds), phonological (sequence of words), visual, eidetic)