PSYCH101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7.1: Sketchpad, Retrograde Amnesia, Anterograde Amnesia

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Richard Ennis

Document Summary

William james "if an individual were to awaken ne day with his/her personal memories erased, would he/she still be the same person?" Memory - a collection of several systems that store information in different forms for differing amounts of time. Atkinson-shiffrin model - stores - retain information in memory without using it for any specific purpose 1) sensory memory. 2 s h o r t t e r m m e m o r y. 3 l o n g t e r m m e m o r y. Sensory memory - memory store that accurately hols perceptual information for a very brief moment of time. Echoic memory - auditory form of sensory memory held considerably longer, but only for a few seconds. George sperling whole report - participants attempted to recall as many letters as possible whole screen partial report - participants attempted to recall section associated with sound tone.