Psychology 2135A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Long-Term Memory, Memory Span, Working Memory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2135A/B
• Professor: John Paul Minda

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Acquisition: the process of gaining information and placing it into memory. Storage: o(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:455)ou"(cid:448)e a(cid:272)(cid:395)ui(cid:396)e this (cid:374)e(cid:449) i(cid:374)fo(cid:396)(cid:373)atio(cid:374), (cid:455)ou (cid:374)eed to hold it i(cid:374) (cid:373)e(cid:373)o(cid:396)(cid:455) u(cid:374)til the information is needed. In other words, you locate the information in your memory and you bring it into active use. When information first arrives, it is stored in the sensory memory (holds on to the input i(cid:374) (cid:862)(cid:396)a(cid:449)(cid:863) se(cid:374)so(cid:396)(cid:455) fo(cid:396)(cid:373)(cid:895), iconic memory for visual inputs and echonic memory for auditory inputs. A process of selection and interpretation then moves the information into short-term memory (cid:894)the pla(cid:272)e (cid:449)he(cid:396)e (cid:455)ou hold i(cid:374)fo(cid:396)(cid:373)atio(cid:374) (cid:449)hile (cid:455)ou"(cid:396)e (cid:449)o(cid:396)ki(cid:374)g o(cid:374) it(cid:895) Then some information is transferred into the long term memory (a larger and more permanent storage place) Long term memory: is the vast repository that contains all of your knowledge and all of your beliefs most of which you happen to not be thinking of. First, working memory is limited in size.