PSYC 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Interference Theory, Perirhinal Cortex, Memory Rehearsal
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Chapter 6: acquisition of memory and the short-term/working memory system. Memory: processes involved in retaining, retrieving, and using information about stimuli, images, events, ideas, and skills after the original information is no longer present. Stages of memory: encoding: incoming information is acquired and processed. Every time you bring info into system. Analogy: keyboard to enter information in system: storage: record of encoded information stored in brain. Analogy: hard drive of computer: retrieval: info is recovered from memory stores and brought to consciousness or used to execute a behavior like a motor act (riding a bicycle) Analogy: opening up documents stored in computer: forgetting: when memory fails; can occur at all 3 of the above stages. Stages of memory: caveats: hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:373)e(cid:373)or(cid:455) is(cid:374)"t i(cid:374)depe(cid:374)de(cid:374)t as the(cid:455) are i(cid:374) a (cid:272)o(cid:373)puter, new learning dependent on previous knowledge, successful acquisition dependent on how that info is to be used later.
