PSYC 3260 Chapter 5: Chapter 5 Short term and working memory.docx
29 Aug 2014
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What is memory: memory: processes involved in retaining, retrieving, and using information about stimuli, images, events, ideas, and skills after the original information is no longer present. Modal model of memory: atkinson and shiffrin (1968) Computer as a model for human cognition: memory is an integrated system that processes information. Components of memory do not act in isolation: memory has a limited capacity. Caption: flow diagram for atkinson and shiffrin"s (1968) model of memory. This model, which is described in the text, is called the modal model because of the huge influence it has had on memory research. Control processes: active processes that can be controlled by the person. Strategies used to make a stimulus more memorable. Caption: what happens in different parts of rachel"s memory as she is (a and b) looking up the phone number, (c) calling the pizza shop, and (d) memorizing the number.
