PSYC 2650 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Memory Rehearsal, Free Recall, Cognitive Psychology

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2650
• Professor: Anneke Olthof

Document Summary

One way to frame learning and memory: Analogy to creating, storing, and opening a computer file. This view is problematic for at least two reasons: new learning is grounded in previously learned (stored) knowledge. If you"re learning something for a specific purpose, you can only get the information from one certain way, can"t necessarily go into it with another angle: effective learning depends on how the information will be later retrieved. Information processing: a perspective in cognitive psychology in which complex mental events involve a number of discrete components, these components receive input from, and sent input to, one another. The modal model (atkinson & shiffrin, 1968; waugh & norman, 1965) makes a distinction between two kinds of memory: Short-term memory (stm) holds the information currently in use (readily accessible) Long-term memory (ltm) all of the information one can remember (what"s already in your mind) Working memory (wm) a more recent term for short-term memory, emphasizing its function.