PSYA01H3 Chapter 8: Chapter 8 - Memory
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Memory: any influence by which past experiences affect current performance the cognitive processes of encoding (sensory information is converted to a form stored in memory system), storing (maintaining information) and retrieving information (locating and using stored information) Stimulus sensory memory working memory long-term memory. Relationship between working and long-term memory: the purpose is not to just transfer information into long term memory, some say that this is thinking . (focused on visual sensory memory which termed iconic memory) Auditory sensory memory or echoic memory is sensory memory for sounds that have been perceived, holds representation of initial sounds until entire word has been heard, seems to last longer than iconic memory) Primary effect: tendency to recall initial information (i. e. in a list, usually recalls words early in the list), attributed to rehearsal of items (long-term memory)
