PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7.1: Iconic Memory, Echoic Memory, Sensory Memory

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Dan Meegan

Document Summary

Patient k. c. who experienced a motorcycle in toronto recovered with only memories of basic things such as where he lived but not personal memories. Memory: a collection of several systems that store information in different forms for differing amount of time. Stimulus -> sensory organs -> sensory memory -> short-term memory -> long-term memory. Akinston-shiffrin model (believes memory is made up of a series of stores) Stores: retain information in memory without using it for any specific purpose. 3 stores include, short-term memory, sensory memory, and long-term memory. Control processes: shift information from one memory to another. Attention: selects which information will be passed on to stm. Encoding: process of storing information in the ltm system. Retrieval: brings information from ltm back into stm, such as becoming aware of existing memories. Sensory memory: a memory store that accurately holds perceptual information for a very brief amount of time.