PSY 402 Chapter 7: Chapter 7 - Memory
13 Dec 2011
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Memory researchers have long focused on three general steps in memory processing as potential sources of age differences: encoding, storage and retrieval. Duration - very short (if you don"t pay attention to it, it"s gone) Short term memory: 7+/- 2 chunks < 30 sec. Working memory is the active process and structures involved in holding information in mind and simultaneously using it to solve a problem, make a decision, or learn new information. An updating of the three box model above, which says they"re not completely separate stores. Has a small capacity, can only keep a small number of items simultaneously. It is where the information obtains meaning and is transformed for longer storage. It does not decline with age, although processing speed becomes slower. Long-term memory is the ability to remember extensive amounts of information from a few seconds, to a few hours to decades. Large capacity store in which information can be kept for long periods.
