PSY312H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Tabula Rasa, Sensory Memory, Episodic Memory
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Elaboration mode: the more we elaborate a thought the more we are able to remember it. Emotion attached to an event we are more likely to remember it. We are more likely to remember that event when the emotion is evoked again. Encoding-- transforming info into a form that can be entered and retained in the memory system storage-- retaining info in memory so that it can be used at a later time. Retrieval-- recovering info stored in memory so that we are consciously aware of it. Capacity of sensory memory is limitless (5 senses is always being registered) Working memory capacity around 7 chunks of information. All 3 of these modules of memory are not well developed in infancy. Sensory memory not well developed, but develops very quickly, in weeks. Working memory not intact until formal operational stage. Three memory stores that differ in function, capacity, and duration. Do this automatically; happens quite early on in development.
