PSY100H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Baddeley'S Model Of Working Memory, Episodic Memory, Sensory Memory
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Memory the nervous system"s capacity to acquire and retain usable skills and knowledge. Sensory memory memory for sensory information that is stored briefly close to its original sensory form. Short-term memory (stm) a limited-capacity memory system that holds information in awareness for a brief period. Chunking organizing information into meaningful units to make it easier to remember. Encoding the processing of information so that it can be stored. Working/immediate memory (wm) an active processing system that keeps different types of information available for current use. Modal memory modal the three-stage memory system that involves sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory. Central executive the component of working memory that is the control system which presides over the interactions among the phonological loop, the visuospatial sketchpad, the episodic buffer, and long-term memory. Phonological loop the component of working memory which encodes auditory information and is active whenever a person tries to remember words by reading them, speaking them, or repeating them.
