PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Sensory Memory, Information Processing, Working Memory
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Information processing continuum including attention, sensation, perception, learning, memory, and cognition. Info flows in both directions bottom-up & top-down processing. Encoding process of acquiring info & transferring it into memory. Transduced signals encoded in diff forms in memory. Encoded info needs to be retained/stored. Short term & working memory several seconds. Common causes of retrieval failure interference & stress. Able to remember past encounters w/ similar situations save precious reaction time. Atkinson & shiffrin data flow through series of separate stages of memory. Auditory signals of voice processed in 1st stage of info processing model. Sensory memory holds enormous amounts of sensory data. Possibly all info that affects sensory receptors at one time. Remain for brief periods sec or less. Last as long as neural activity produced by sensation continues. Fade of sensory memory flapping hand back and forth. Visual codes temp storage of info about visual images. Haptic codes process touch & other body senses.
