Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Echoic Memory, Richard Shiffrin, Iconic Memory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: John Campbell

Document Summary

Memory: refers to the processes that allow us to record and later retrieve experiences and information. Remember events that never occurred: remembering involves all three of the above processes. Long-term memory is our vast library of more durable stored memories. In reality, barring brain damage, we remain capable of forming new long-term memories until we die. Chapter 8 notes: beyond the first few words, we cannot rehearse the items and they are less likely to get transferred into long-term memory. Encoding: entering information: holdings of your long-term memory, like those of a library, must be organized in terms of specific codes if the information is to be available when you wish to retrieve it. Effortful and automatic processing: effortful processing: encoding that is initiated intentionally and requires conscious attention, making lists, taking class notes, automatic processing: encoding that occurs without intention and requires minimal attention. Information about frequency, spatial location, sequence and timing of events often is encoded automatically.