PSY270H1 Chapter : Ch5 Textbook Notes
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Memory, the process involved in retaining, retrieving and using information about stimuli, images, events, ideas, and skills after the original information is no longer present. Just about everything we do depends on remembering what we have experienced in the past. Contracted viral encephalitis which destroyed parts of his temporal lobe. Lived within the most recent one or two minutes of his life. Due to his inability to form new memories, he constantly feels like he has just become conscious for the first time. Modal model of memory, proposed by richard arkinson and richard shiffrin (1968) Stages are called the structural features of the model. (1) sensory memory, initial stage that holds all incoming information for seconds. (2) short-term memory, holds 5-7 items for about 15-30 seconds. (3) long-term memory, can hold a large amount of information for years or decades. Described the memory system as including control processes.
