PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Connectionism, Fergus I. M. Craik, Semantic Network
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Psych 1010: chapter 7 notes november 21st, 2013. Two kinds of memory: and memory for personal events) labelled semantic and episodic memory (general memory. Patient k. c needed pda to remember everything, his memory wouldn"t wore the same a everyone else"s. We are able to look to the past, present, and anticipate the future through our cognitive systems. Animals are stuck in time because they have no episodic memory. Need to pay attention if you intend on remembering information you are observing. Selective attention is critical to everyday functioning. involved focusing awareness on a narrowed range of stimuli or events. Attention often linked to a filter that screens out most potential stimuli, allowing a select few to pass through into conscious awareness. Debate is going on as to where filter is located. Key issue is whether stimuli are screened out early, during sensory input, or late, after brain has processed meaning or significance of the input.