PSYC 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Implicit Memory, Sensory Memory, Spaced
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Memory: your storehouse of accumulated learning. Encoding: getting information into our brain. Retrieval: later get the information back out. We first record to-be-remembered information as a fleeting sensory memory. From there we process information into short-term memory, where we encode it through rehearsal. Finally, information moves into long-term memory for later retrieval. Your brain actively processes important information, making sense of new input and linking it with long-term memories. Also work oppositely, processing already stored information. Atkinson and shiffrin"s original model, the second stage appeared to be a temporary shelf for holding recent thoughts and experiences. The division of labor illustrates the parallel processing. Explicit memories / declarative memories / effortful processing: of the facts and experience we can consciously know and declare, form through conscious, effortful processing, with practice, there tasks become automatic. Iconic memory: a photographic or visual memory that lass no more than a few tenths of a second.
