PSY 102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Echoic Memory, George Sperling, Blackboard
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Memory: common sense models of memory (to discuss their shortcomings, the cognitive model of memory a. Our goal here is to scrutinize so called common sense models, discuss their shortcomings, and set up our subsequent discussion on what psychology now has to offer about memory, which is the cognitive model. Common sense models differ primarily on the question: is memory a permanent thing? there"s no way you could still remember that! no one could forget something like that! . The freudian model suggests that all memories, especially for traumatic events, remain perfectly intact forever but are often inaccessible (repressed) under normal conditions, so a special strategy must be used to gain access. If they want to remember it must go through special strategy- psychoanalytical process ex hypnosis, dream interpretation, word association, or so called truth-serum. An idea about 1895-1915 that has remained a part of western culture, although not a major part of modern psychology.
