Psychology 2135A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Echoic Memory, Iconic Memory, Sensory Memory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2135A/B
• Professor: Sarah Babcock

Document Summary

Chapter 6: the acquisition of memories and the working memory system. Acquisition: the process of gaining information and placing it into memory. Storage: holding a memory until it is needed. Retrieval: locating the information in the vast warehouse of memories and bringing it into active use. The cooperation model between waugh/norman and atkinson/shiffrin. According to this model, when information first arrives it is stored briefly in sensory memory which holds raw sensory form: an iconic memory for visual inputs, echoic memory for auditory inputs. A process of selection interpretation then moves the information into short term memory: the place where you hold information while you are working on it, usually called working memory to emphasise the function of this memory. Some of the information is then transferred into long term memory: much larger and more permanent storage place, vast repository which contains all of your knowledge and beliefs, usually not being worked on currently.