PSY100H1 Chapter 7: Chap 7 key terms.docx
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Parallel processing: system that processes info at the same time and we can attend selectively to one feature by blocking the other. Change blindness: we are often blind to large changes in our environment because we cannot attend to everything around us visually. 3 phases of memory encoding phase: info is changed into a neural code that the brain uses. Storage phase: last a fraction of a second or a lifetime. Retrieval phase: reaching into our memory by patterns of memory previously stored. Modal memory model: 3 stage memory system involving sensory, short term and long term memory. Sensory memory: lasts only a fraction of a second and closely tied to the sensory system. Short term: limited capacity memory that holds information in awareness for a brief period. Chunking: organizing info into meaningful units in order to remember. Serial position effect: ability to recall items from a list depends on order of presentation; items.
