PSY 105 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Encoding Specificity Principle, Anterograde Amnesia, Retrograde Amnesia
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Memory systems: memory allows us to perform various functions essential to daily living: The process by which we perceive and bring in information to remember it. The process by which we maintain (hold on to) information over time: retrieving: The process of bringing to mind information we learned in the past. Sensory information is kept in there for a few seconds or less. A sort of filter of information because if information is not attended to, it will be forgotten. A picture in your mind that decays very quickly: echoic memory: An echo or sound in our head that decays very quickly. Limited capacity for a short time (e. g. , few seconds) Information needs to be rehearsed or will be forgotten www. notesolution. com. Working memory: maintain information online when to understand things that are said, solve problems or manipulate information. The process by which we perceive and bring in information to remember it: elaborative encoding vs. visual imagery encoding vs. organizational encoding.