PS366 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: 18 Months, Nonverbal Communication, Childhood Amnesia
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Main points: the acts of comprehending and producing language are performed within the constraints of our information-processing system, this system consists of working memory and long-term memory, long term-memory comprises of, episodic memory. The information-processing system: working memory is also known as primary memory, long-term memory is also know as secondary memory. Working memory: working memory has been defined as referring to the temporary storage of information that is being processed in any range of cognitive tasks , e. g. ) It includes information such as motor skills, general knowledge, spatial knowledge, and social skills. Semantic memory contains information on the speech sounds and words that we retrieve during pattern recognition: while this process is going on, we are also building up an episodic memory representation of the ongoing discourse. If a group of processes takes place at one time, it is called serial processing.
