CAS PS 101 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Retrograde Amnesia, Anterograde Amnesia, Long-Term Memory

• School: Boston University
• Department: Psychological & Brain Sciences
• Course: CAS PS 101
• Professor: Joseph Harris

Document Summary

Memory: memory, de nition - memory is the capacity to retain and retrieve information, three basic memory processes - there are three basic tasks of memory. This is transforming raw information into a form in which it can be entered into memory. Storage is the retaining of information over time. Retrieval is the ability to get encoded material back into awareness: information-processing approach - this is an approach to understanding human memory that emphasizes the encoding, storage, and retrieval of information. Types of memory storage: sensory memory - this is the momentary persistence of sensory information after stimulation has ceased. It begins to decay almost immediately if you don"t attend to it. You are constantly being bombarded by sensory information so you must control the selection of what you encode. This is called selective attention: short-term memory - this is the memory system that holds limited amounts of information for relatively short periods of time.