PSYB57H3 Chapter 5: PSYB57 Chapter 5.docx
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Acquisition: the process of gaining information and placing it into memory. Storage: holding information in memory until it is needed. Retrieval: remembering, locating this information and bringing it into active us. Sensory memory is not considered as a form of memory instead term used now is working memory for short-term memory to emphasize function. Working memory is not thought of as a place rather a status in which ideas are currently active: some of the differences in working vs. long-term memory that modal model contributed to are: Working memory is limited in size, while long term memory is vast. Getting information into working memory is easy while it takes more work to get into long term memory. Easier to get information out of working memory too, it is harder to get it from long term memory. Primacy effect: you remember the first few words.