PS260- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 27 pages long!)
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Working memory: the storage system in which information is held while that information is being worked on. All indications are that working memory is a system, not a single entity, and that information is held here via active processes, not via some sort of passive storage. Representation: the knowledge we possess, or the information that is in our memory. Cognitive psychology is the study of skills and knowledge-how they are acquired, stored, transformed, and used. Psychophysics: the systematic study of the relation between the physical characteristics of stimuli and the sensations that they produce. Process: an operation on an external stimulus or on an internal representation. Span test: a p(cid:396)o(cid:272)edu(cid:396)e used fo(cid:396) (cid:373)easu(cid:396)i(cid:374)g (cid:449)o(cid:396)ki(cid:374)g (cid:373)e(cid:373)o(cid:396)y"s holdi(cid:374)g (cid:272)apa(cid:272)ity. I(cid:374) (cid:374)e(cid:449)e(cid:396) studies, the operation span test is used. Working-memory system: a system of mental resources used for holding information in an easily accessible form.
