PSYC 2110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Free Recall, Critical Role, Autobiographical Memory
1 Nov 2016
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Chapter nine - cognitive development: information-processing perspectives and connectionism. Information flow and the multistore model information-processing theorists use the analogy of the mind as a computer with information flowing through a limited-capacity system composed as mental hardware and software Multistore model - information-processing model that depicts information as flowing through three processing units (or stores): 1. the sensory store - or sensory register; first information processing store, in which stimuli are noticed and briefly available for further processing. 2. short term store (sts) - second, in which stimuli are retained for several seconds and operated upon (also called working memory) Also included in most information-processing models is a concept of executive control processes, or metacognition, which includes processes by which we plan, monitor, and control all phases of information processing. Executive control processes - processes involved in regulating attention and determining what to do with the information just gathered or retrieved from long-term memory.
