Psychology 1000 Chapter 8: Chapter 8 Summary Psychology frontiers and applications 5e

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Memory-refers to the processes that allow us to record and later retrieve experiences and information. Atkinson and shiffrin model memory has 3 major components: sensory memory, short term or working memory, and long-term memory sensory registers: the initial information processors iconic store:our visual sensory register echoic store:the auditory sensory register. Short-term/working memory: holds the info we are conscious of at any given time consciously processes, codes, and works on information. Mental representations once info leaves sensory memory, it must be represented by some type of code if it is to be retained in short-term and eventually long-term memory. Capacity and duration: depending upon the stimulus, such as numbers, letters, or words, most people can hold no retained in short-term and eventually long-term memory. We may try to form a mental image (visual encoding), code something by sound (phonologic encoding), or focus on the meaning of a stimulus (semantic encoding). For physical actions we code patterns of movement (motor encoding)