PSY100H1 Chapter Notes -Episodic Memory, Sensory Memory, Memory Span
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Each of us has the ability to direct something in ourselves, called attention. Attention is important to the ability to function in daily life. Memory = the nervous system"s capacity to acquire and retain usable skills and knowledge. According to anne treisman, we automatically identify primitive features such as colour, shape, orientation and movement within an environment and has proposed that separate systems analyze objects" different visual features. Searching for two features is called serial processing. You need to look at the stimuli (features) one at a time. Becomes effortful and slower called a conjunction task. Cherry described the cocktail party phenomenon: you can focus on a single conversation in the midst of chaotic noise and a pertinent stimulus (such as your name being called) can capture your attention. Cherry developed selective-listening studies to examine what people"s minds do with unattended information.
