PSYCH101 Chapter Notes -Acronym, Baddeley'S Model Of Working Memory, Sensory Memory

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Stephanie Denison

Document Summary

Memory: collection of several systems that store information in different forms for different amounts of time. Stores retain information in memory without using it for any specific purpose (sensory memory -> short-term memory -> long-term memory) Control processes shift information from one memory store to another. Information enters sensory memory through vision, hearing, and other senses then cp selects which info to pass onto stm. Encoding process of storing information in the ltm system. Retrieval brings information from ltm back into stm. Sensory memory: memory store that accurately holds perceptual info for very brief amount of time: iconic memory: visual form for - 1s. Two conditions (whole report and partial report) Could hold 12 letters as mental image: echoic memory: auditory form for 5s. Short-term memory (stm): memory store with limited capacity and duration (