Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Short-Term Memory, Long-Term Memory, Mount Everest

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- Dehoog

Document Summary

Psych chapter 8 textbook notes: storage: involves retaining info overtime, the info is filed and stored into our brains almost like a computer, retrieval: pulling info out of storage when we want to use it. Sensory memory: sensory memory: holds incoming sensory info just long enough for it to be recognized, composed of different subsystems called sensory registers initial info processors. Iconic store: visual sensory register, echoic store, auditory sensory register, lasts longer than iconic store. Itwasasqeakycrib it was a squeaky crib: ex. Phone numbers: without rehearsal, the shelf life or info in short term memory is indeed short. Associative networks: associative networks: a massive network of associated ideas and concepts shows what a small portion of such a network might be like. In this network, each concept or unit of info is resented by a node akin to each knot of a fishing net: the lines in this network represent associations between concepts, with shorter lines indicating stronger associations.