Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes -Aspirin, Nootropic, Unconscious Mind

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

William james: memory has distinct yet interacting components. Richard atkinson and richard shiffrin: memory has sensory memory, short-term or working memory, long term memory. Holds incoming sensory information just long enough for it to be recognized: sensory registers - initial information processes that holds info for fraction of a second, echoic store - auditory sensory register (lasts longer than iconic) Holds information by rehearsal that we are conscious of at any given time. More effective in transferring it to long term. Putting short-term memory to work : working memory. Auditory (phonological loop) - when you repeat. Visual-spatial - images and spatial information, mental maps. Episodic buffer where long term, auditory and visual made available for conscious awareness. Used in chunking: central executive (prefrontal cortex) Integrates input: acoustic coding - same sounding words. Vast unlimited capacity library of more durable hard stored memories.