PSYC 221 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Sensory Memory, Perseveration, Interference Theory
20 Nov 2018
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Some basic definitions: memory: the process involved in retaining, retrieving, and using information about stimuli, images, events, ideas, and skills after the original information is no longer present. 5. 1 the modal model of memory: modal model of memory. 3 structural features (types of memory) of the model. Control processes: dynamic processes associated with the structural features that can be controlled by the person and may differ from one task to another. Rehearsal (blue arrow) is a control process that works on st memory (repeating a stimulus over and over again to hold it in ur st memory for longer than 15 sec i. e. a telephone number) Process of storing info into the ltm is called encoding (green arrow) Process of bringing the info stored ltm back to the stm to be remembered is called retrieval (black arrow) Sensory memory is the retention (for very brief periods of time) of the effects of sensory stimulation.
