PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7-8: Anterograde Amnesia, Episodic Memory, Iconic Memory
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1960"s-> richard atkinson & richard schifrin -> constructed memory model; 3 memory stores: stores: retain info in memory without using it for any specific purpose. Serve same purpose as hard drives serve for computers: sensory memory, short-term memory (stm, long-term memory (ltm, control processes: shift information from one memory store to another. Process of transforming sensory/ perceptual info into memory traces: retrieval: brings info from the ltm back into stm. Happens when you become aware of existing memories (what you did last week) Process of memorized info & returning it to stm. Imagine everyone in psychology class studied a list of 15 words & immediately tried to recall words on list. Still remember last few items (stm) => pattern referred to as recency effect. Create => retroactive interference: most recently learned info overshadows some older memories that have not yet made it into long-term memory. Evidence from serial position curve => stm & ltm distinct systems.