Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Memory Rehearsal, Long-Term Memory, Sensory Memory

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

Document Summary

Memory processes that allow us to record and later retrieve experiences and information. H. m. had hippocampus removed to stop seizures, but was left with amnesia: remembers past, forgets a few years before procedure, and cant form new memories, his performance on tasks improves even though he doesn"t remember them. Viewing the mind as a processing system that encodes, stores, and retrieves information. Encoding getting information into system by translating it into a neural code that your brain processes: kind of like typing and keystrokes translated into electrical code that computer can understand and process. Retrieval pulling information out when we want to use it. Memory has 3 major components: sensory memory, short-term or working memory, and long-term memory. This model doesn"t assume each component corresponds to a specific part of the brain. Holds incoming sensory information just long enough for it to be recognized. Composed of different subsystems, called sensory registers, which are the initial information processors.