PS260 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Free Recall, Memory Rehearsal, Mnemonic
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Chapter 6: the acquisition of memories and the working-memory system. Acquisition: the process of placing new information into long-term memory. Storage: the state in which a memory, once acquired, remains until it is retrieved. Many people understand sto(cid:396)age to (cid:271)e a (cid:862)do(cid:396)(cid:373)a(cid:374)t(cid:863) p(cid:396)o(cid:272)ess, so that the (cid:373)e(cid:373)o(cid:396)y (cid:396)e(cid:373)ai(cid:374)s u(cid:374)(cid:272)ha(cid:374)ged while it is in storage. Modern theories, however, describe a more dynamic form of storage, in which older memories are integrated with (and sometimes replaced by) newer knowledge. Retrieval: the process of locating information in memory and activating that information for use. Modal model: a (cid:374)i(cid:272)k(cid:374)a(cid:373)e fo(cid:396) a spe(cid:272)ifi(cid:272) (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)eptio(cid:374) of the (cid:862)a(cid:396)(cid:272)hite(cid:272)tu(cid:396)e(cid:863) of (cid:373)e(cid:373)o(cid:396)y. i(cid:374) this model, working memory serves both as the storage site for material now being contemplated a(cid:374)d as the (cid:862)loadi(cid:374)g platfo(cid:396)(cid:373)(cid:863) fo(cid:396) lo(cid:374)g-term memory. Information can reach working memory through the processes of perception, or it can be drawn from long-term memory.