PSYA01H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Episodic Memory, Clef, Childhood Amnesia
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7. 1 memory systems: memory is a collection of several systems that store information in different forms for differing amounts of time. The atkinson-shiffrin model: memory is a multistage process. Information flows through a brief sensory memory store into short-term memory, where rehearsal encodes it to long-term memory for permanent storage. This happens when you become aware of existing memories, such as what you did last week. In the whole report condition, researchers flash a grid of latters on a screen for a split second and participants attempt to recall as many as possible the whole screen. Participants generally can report only three or four of the letters, and those are all in the same line. In the partial report condition, researchers again flash a set of letters on the screen, but the display is followed immediately by a tone that is randomly chosen to be low, medium, or high.
